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How to Get a List of Client Versions and the Users Logged into Them

How to Get a List of Client Versions and the Users Logged into Them

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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's SIP URI and the client version that they're signed into:

For Lync Server 2010

USE rtcdyn
SELECT COUNT(*) as Occurrences,
CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.RegistrarEndpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100)) as 'Client Version'
from rtcdyn.dbo.RegistrarEndpoint
WHERE IsServerSource = 0
group by CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.RegistrarEndpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100))
order by CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.RegistrarEndpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100))

SELECT rtc.dbo.Resource.UserAtHost as 'SIP Address', CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.RegistrarEndpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100)) as 'Client Version'
FROM rtcdyn.dbo.RegistrarEndpoint
INNER JOIN rtc.dbo.Resource
ON rtcdyn.dbo.RegistrarEndpoint.OwnerId = rtc.dbo.Resource.ResourceId
WHERE IsServerSource = 0

For Lync this query needs to be run against each local registrar's SQL instance (RTCLOCAL).

For OCS 2007 R2

USE rtcdyn
SELECT COUNT(*) as Occurrences,
CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.Endpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100)) as 'Client Version'
from rtcdyn.dbo.Endpoint
WHERE IsServerSource = 0
group by CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.Endpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100))
order by CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.Endpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100))

SELECT rtc.dbo.Resource.UserAtHost as 'SIP Address', CAST(rtcdyn.dbo.Endpoint.ClientApp as varchar(100)) as 'Client Version'
FROM rtcdyn.dbo.Endpoint
INNER JOIN rtc.dbo.Resource
ON rtcdyn.dbo.Endpoint.OwnerId = rtc.dbo.Resource.ResourceId
WHERE IsServerSource = 0

Both queries produce the following output:

The first query returns each client version that a user is currently signed into and the number of occurrences of each version.  This is very similar to the client version summary query on the database tab in the OCS Management Console:

The second query will list each user's SIP URI and the associated client version.  In the example above, Jeff Wallace is signed into two endpoints and each one is listed separately.  These queries are very useful to make sure that users are using the latest version of the client and if not, which users need to be updated.  The important thing to remember is that this data is only stored for users that are currently signed into OCS/Lync, so they will only give you a point in time snapshot of your environment.

 

*These queries are provided for you to use at your own risk. Please make sure you test before running in a production environment.

Comments
  • High Five! Keep up the good work man.

  • Fantastically usefull, but I'm guessing there's no tracking based on last client used when they last signed in, or even from multiple endpoints.  Of course if we has a software managment system, I wouldn't have to worry about this...

    Guess MS needed to save something for future releases.  Client tracking and Phone number inventory tracking could be greatly improved...

  • @Korbyn

    You are correct that there really isn't any client version tracking built into the product.  It really has to do with the fact that this data is only stored in the rtcdyn database and therefore is only available when the user is logged in.  There's nothing stopping you from writing a MSPL script to pull this information out into a database.  Also, depending on why you want to know what version the user is using, you could look at something like the client version filter to allow or block certain versions from connecting as well as forcing an update to the latest version of the client.

  • Apologies’ if this is a bit off topic but your post closely resembles what I'm looking for, how to query LYNC DB's via T-SQL to obtain info.  

    I tried to decipher the LNYC DB's myself before I found out how many different DB's it uses and how many different SQL Server instances as well.  It’s like spaghetti code but for data storage.

    My overall goal is to get something like a Data Dictionary for the LYNC databases.  The more immediate need is to find a way to get User Presence info and when that info changes, to report on when users went from active to inactive and for how long.  If each change in User States (from Active to Inactive to Away and so on) is recorded then all I need is the SQL Server Instance + Database+ Table.Columns that this data is stored and I can construct the proper logic to get that info.  The hard part is finding where the heck LYNC keeps that data.

    Any suggestions on links for  "LYNC for SQL Developers" types would be most appreciated as well.

  • @Ed.Carden

    I would probably go about this a little differently.  Instead of trying to dig through the database and pull out the presence information, I would look at an MSPL script on the Front End Servers that parses the SIP SERVICE message sent for presence updates and log it out to a database.  We don't document the schema of the rtc databases.

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