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Lync Server 2013 December 2014 Cumulative Update, Lync Web App & Google Chrome
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15 days ago
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dodeitte
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Update 12/27/14 - Added additional information on the change to Lync Web App. Update 12/17/14 - Added link to KB article. After applying the Lync Server 2013 December 2014 Cumulative Update, if a user using Google Chrome tries to use the Lync Web App...
Issue with Lync Conversation Window Extension
Posted
19 days ago
by
dodeitte
I had a customer question the other day that I hadn't seen before. The issue was that people were noticing that every time when they initiated an IM conversation to a specific user, they would get the following in the IM window: Context not supported...
Issue Installing SQL Server 2012 Express Instances on Lync Server 2013
Posted
3 months ago
by
dodeitte
1
Comment
I ran into this issue at a customer recently. The Lync Server 2013 Deployment Wizard would throw an error while trying to install SQL Server 2012 Express: Checking prerequisite SqlInstanceRtc...installing...failure code -2067922934 Prerequisite installation...
How To Remove Legacy OCS Dial-in Simple URL from Lync Server
Posted
3 months ago
by
dodeitte
1
Comment
If you've migrated to Lync Server from a previous version of OCS, you may have noticed that you might have an additional simple URL configured. You can see this in the Lync Server Control Panel under Topology > Simple URL: Note : You may need...
Issue Installing August 2014 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Lync Server 2013
Posted
4 months ago
by
dodeitte
1
Comment
You may encounter an issue while trying to install the August 2014 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Lync Server 2013 on a computer with just the Lync Server Core Components and/or Lync Server Administration Tools installed. In the screenshot below, you...
Issue Adding Users to Persistent Chat Rooms
Posted
7 months ago
by
dodeitte
13
Comments
I had a question from a customer recently that was having issues adding users to Persistent Chat rooms. When they tried to add a user, they would get the following error: Invalid members: <user> Checking the category that the room is a...
Issue Completely Disabling Photos in Lync 2013
Posted
7 months ago
by
dodeitte
12
Comments
I had a customer request recently to be able to completely disable photos for some users in Lync 2013. They didn't want photos to show up anywhere in the Lync 2013 client for these users. It sounded like an easy enough request, however, it turned...
How to Get Office Web Apps Server 2013 to Report a Healthy Health Status
Posted
11 months ago
by
dodeitte
16
Comments
I see this a lot in customer environments with Office Web Apps Server 2013 deployed for use with Lync Server 2013, where if you run the Get-OfficeWebAppsMachine cmdlet, the HealthStatus parameter is Unhealthy: However, even though Office Web Apps...
How to Enable Detailed Logging in Lync Web App
Posted
11 months ago
by
dodeitte
7
Comments
I was troubleshooting an issue with media connectivity in Lync Web App and needed to gather additional information on what was happening with the Lync Web App. By default LWA logs some basic information. Unfortunately this didn't tell me what I needed...
How to Get a List of Explicit Chat Room Members and Managers
Posted
11 months ago
by
dodeitte
4
Comments
You can use the query* below to get a list of explicit permissions assigned in Group Chat or Persistent Chat: SELECT tblNode.nodeName AS "Category/Channel", tblPrincipal.prinName AS "Name", CASE tblPrincipalType.ptypeDesc WHEN 'Parlano...
Effects of Changing a User's SIP Address in Lync Server 2013
Posted
11 months ago
by
dodeitte
19
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A question I get a lot when talking with administrators about Lync is how to handle name changes and what effect changing a user's SIP address has on other users. In the example below we will look at the effects of changing a user's SIP address...
Lync Server 2013 Threshold Files for PAL Available
Posted
over 1 year ago
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dodeitte
3
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The PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) tool is a powerful tool that reads in a performance monitor counter log and analyzes it using known thresholds. The Lync Server 2013 Threshold files help you to identify performance issues on your Lync Server 2013...
Lync Server 2010 Threshold Files for PAL Available
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
The PAL (Performance Analysis of Logs) tool is a powerful tool that reads in a performance monitor counter log and analyzes it using known thresholds. The Lync Server 2010 Threshold files help you to identify performance issues on your Lync Server 2010...
Issue with Group Chat 2010 Client Not Displaying Information for Certain Chat Rooms
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over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
8
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I ran into an interesting issue onsite with a customer recently. They have Group Chat 2010 deployed for their users and one of the users reported that they were not able to see messages or participate in a particular chat room. Other users in that chat...
Issue with Office Web Apps Server 2013 Published Externally Using TMG 2010
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over 1 year ago
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dodeitte
5
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I was helping a customer setup Lync Server 2013 when we ran into an interesting issue while testing conferencing with external Lync 2013 clients. Every time we attempted to present a PowerPoint presentation, the presentation would never display. From...
Issue with Presence Not Updating Based on Free/Busy After Applying September 2013 Cumulative Update - Part 2
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over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
With the release of the November 2013 Cumulative Update for the Lync 2013 client free/busy information is being pulled by the Lync 2013 client again and being used to change your presence state accordingly. You can download the latest client update here...
Issue with Lync Server 2013 Logging Tool After Applying Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Updates
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over 1 year ago
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dodeitte
2
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I ran into an interesting issue while I was building out a test environment in my lab. After applying the latest cumulative updates for Lync Server 2013, if you used the Lync Server 2013 Logging Tool (OCSLogger.exe) from the Microsoft Lync Server 2013...
How to Publish Lync Server 2013 Web Services with Windows Server 2012 R2 Web Application Proxy
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over 1 year ago
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dodeitte
26
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Update 11/12/14 - Added information about white paper published for Web Application Proxy for use with Lync Server 2013. Update 8/30/14 - Added information about Lync 2013 mobility and multiple SIP domains. With the discontinuation of TMG and with...
Lync Server 2013 Now Supported on Windows Server 2012 R2
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over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
22
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With the release of the Updates for Lync Server 2013: October 2013 , Lync Server 2013 is now supported on Windows Server 2012 R2. You may see Event IDs 32402 and 61045 logged on the Lync Server 2013 Front End Servers: Event ID 32042 Log Name: Lync...
Change in Lync 2013 Taskbar Icon - Part 2
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over 1 year ago
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dodeitte
5
Comments
With the release of the September 2013 Cumulative Update for the Lync 2013 client, the icon used in the notification area of the taskbar is back to the original icon showing your presence status:
Issue with Presence Not Updating Based on Free/Busy After Applying September 2013 Cumulative Update
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
7
Comments
Update 11/10/13 - This issue has been resolved with the release of the November 2013 Cumulative Update. You can get more information here . With the release of the September 2013 Cumulative Update for the Lync 2013 client, there is a known issue with...
SQL Clustering Now Supported in Lync Server 2013
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
13
Comments
Lync Server 2013 now supports using SQL clustering for the SQL store. From the Database Software Support TechNet article: Lync Server 2013 supports the use of either SQL mirroring or SQL clustering for each Lync Server database. You can easily set...
Change in Lync 2013 Taskbar Icon
Posted
over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
9
Comments
Update 9/20/13 - With the release of the September 2013 Cumulative Update, the icon has reverted back. You can get more information here . With the release of Security update for Lync 2013: July 2013 , there is a change to the icon used for Lync 2013...
How to Verify if Lync Server 2013 Database Updates Completed Successfully
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over 1 year ago
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dodeitte
16
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Update 12/11/14 - Added database versions for December 2014 Cumulative Update. Update 11/20/14 - Added database versions for November 2014 Cumulative Update. Update 10/29/14 - Added database versions for October 2014 Cumulative Update. Update 9/23/14...
Importance of Setting the Correct SQL Server Collation
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over 1 year ago
by
dodeitte
2
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This was a really interesting issue that I ran into at a customer recently. The goal was to install the Monitoring Server role so that they could report on adoption and usage of Lync 2010. They already had an existing Lync Server 2010 environment up and...
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