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  • Blog Post: Issue Joining Live Meeting Meetings on Lync Server 2010

    Update 1/30/13 - Lync Server 2010: January 2013 Cumulative Updates have been released which fixes this issue. You can download the latest updates here: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2791665 . I ran into this issue at a customer the other day. They are in the process of migrating from OCS 2007...
    on2 Dec 2012

  • Blog Post: Issues with MRAS and Limited External Calling

    This week I ran into two interesting issues, both around MRAS and the clients displaying Limited External Calling. So what is MRAS anyway? MRAS (Media Relay Authentication Service) is a service on the Edge Server that is responsible for providing credentials to clients in order for them to be able to...
    on22 Jun 2012

  • Blog Post: How to Update Windows Firewall Rules for Lync Server 2010 After Installation

    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 comes up because in some environments the Windows...
    on25 May 2012

  • Blog Post: Fun with .NET Regular Expression

    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 will do the trick: ^([53574-53899])$ But...
    on4 May 2012

  • Blog Post: What FQDN to use when Setting Up OWA/Lync Integration?

    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 List will appear when the service becomes available...
    on22 Dec 2011

  • Blog Post: How to Configure DHCP Scope Options for Lync Server 2010 Using Infoblox DHCP Appliance

    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 for Lync Phones to sign in using PIN authentication...
    on21 Aug 2011

  • Blog Post: Issue when Running New/Set-CsHealthMonitoringConfiguration

    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-CsHealthMonitoringConfiguration -Identity ls14pool...
    on18 Jul 2011

  • Blog Post: How to Change the File Store Location for a Lync Server 2010 Pool

    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't have to worry about making changes in WMI. In...
    on6 Jun 2011

  • Blog Post: How to Get the Last Time a User Registered with a Front End

    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 stored in SQL that you can use to help figure...
    on11 May 2011

  • Blog Post: Issue when Viewing Monitoring Server Reports

    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 reports in the Lync Server Control Panel, you...
    on26 Feb 2011

  • Blog Post: Another Reason to Include a Director in Your Lync Server 2010 Deployment

    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 actual Director role now you don't have to worry...
    on26 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: Issue with Move-CsManagementServer and Offline File Store

    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 the front ends in the pool. This of course wasn't...
    on21 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: Issue with LSCP on Standard Edition with Collocated Mediation Server

    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 a Standard Edition Server configured as below: ...
    on20 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: Issue when Moving Legacy Users to a Lync Server 2010 Pool using HLB

    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 to connect to some of the servers in pool "<pool...
    on19 Dec 2010

  • Blog Post: What Happens During SchemaPrep in Lync Server 2010?

    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 ExternalSchema.ldf ServerSchema.ldf VersionSchema...
    on20 Oct 2010

  • Blog Post: Issue when installing Lync Server 2010 Edge Server with Computer Name

    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 and the full computer name is left as just the computer...
    on16 Oct 2010

  • Blog Post: Enabling Topology - Completed with Errors (Error Code 2310)

    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: Error: Error accessing share \\BETA-LS14-SE1.beta...
    on14 Sep 2010

  • Blog Post: Installing IIS Role Services for Lync Server 2010

    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 HTTP Errors Application Development ...
    on14 Sep 2010

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Lync Naming Convention

    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 Server Microsoft Lync Server 2010...
    on13 Sep 2010

  • Blog Post: Microsoft Lync Server 2010 RC Now Available

    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 for high availability using data center resiliency...
    on13 Sep 2010

  • Blog Post: Configure the Domains that User Replicator Searches

    Update 6/19/12 - Updated post with cmdlet for Lync Server 2010. A common issue that occurs in a multi-domain forest, is that most of the time, not all of your domains contain users that are going to be SIP-enabled. Unfortunately, when User Replicator runs, it tries to connect to all domains in the...
    on24 Sep 2009

  • Blog Post: How to Verify if Schema Prep Completed Successfully

    Update 11/26/12 - Updated Lync Server 2013 schema version for RTM. Update 7/19/12 - Added Lync Server 2013 schema version. Update 10/6/10 - Added Lync Server 2010 schema version. Verifying that SchemaPrep completed successfully before turning back on outbound replication on the Schema Master in AD...
    on24 Sep 2009
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