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Issue with Accessing CMS on Paired Standard Edition Server
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23 days ago
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I came across this issue while testing paired pool fail-over. The issue is dependent on a couple of things, namely how you configure your base OS server build and when you paired the Standard Edition Servers. For me this became an issue when I performed...
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Archiving Options in Lync Server 2013
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27 days ago
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Lync Server 2013 has made a couple of changes to what can be archived and where that archived data can be stored. What's New? Collocation of Archiving on Front End Servers Exchange Server 2013 Integration SQL Store Mirroring Archiving...
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Issue with Calling Number Translation Rules and E.164 Extensions
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0 months ago
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dodeitte
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I came across this issue while troubleshooting dialing issues at a customer. When a Lync 2013 user placed an outbound call to the PSTN, the call failed. On the gateway we could see that the calling party's number wasn't being translated properly. The...
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Issue with Automatic Updates Enabled & Office Web Apps Server 2013 Update
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1 month ago
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Update 4/8/13 - Added information about change to KB2760445 automatically updating. I came across this issue in my lab the other day. I noticed that in Hyper-V Manager both of my Office Web Apps Servers had really high CPU utilization: It's pretty...
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Issue Deploying Lync Server 2013 Monitoring Reports to SQL Mirror
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2 months ago
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I was playing around with the Lync Server 2013 Monitoring Reports and decided to deploy it to both of my SQL Servers in my lab. I have a SQL mirror setup and I installed Reporting Services on both servers. My initial thought was to use a hardware load...
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Issue Configuring SQL Mirroring for Lync Server 2013 when SQL Witness is Defined But Not Available
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2 months ago
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I ran into an interesting issue while trying to setup SQL mirroring with a witness in my lab. When installing the databases and setting up mirroring in Topology Builder: The wizard kept failing when trying to setup the mirror: Looking at the...
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How to Apply Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Updates
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2 months ago
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Update 3/17/13 - Added information about additional update steps from KB2809243. Just like previous versions of OCS/Lync, there are two methods to update the servers with OCS/Lync cumulative updates. You can use Microsoft Update/WSUS or you can use...
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Lync 2013 Mobility
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2 months ago
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Update 4/2/13 - Updated for release of Android client. Update 3/12/13 - Updated for release of iOS client. With the release of the Lync Server 2013: February 2013 Cumulative Updates , additional features are available with Lync mobility. In order to...
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Issue with Exchange UM Voicemails Being Delivered After Applying KB931125
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3 months ago
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I ran across this today with a customer. We were setting up Exchange UM to connect to Lync and while that was working just fine, users could leave voicemail messages for other users, the email messages weren't being delivered to the user's mailbox. Looking...
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Issue with the Lync Basic 2013 Client and A/V Disabled
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3 months ago
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I ran across this while testing an issue a reader of my blog posted in the comments of an article I wrote about the Lync Basic 2013 client. They had mentioned that when a user using the Lync Basic 2013 client was set to A/V disabled the options for A...
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Issue Joining Live Meeting Meetings on Lync Server 2010
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5 months ago
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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....
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Issue with OAuth Certificate & Installing Multiple Lync Server 2013 Servers at the Same Time
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5 months ago
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dodeitte
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I've run into this issue a couple times when deploying Lync Server 2013 in my lab and at customer sites. Topology Builder makes it very easy to deploy your Lync servers quickly, but in Lync Server 2013, there's one gotcha you need to be aware of when...
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Lync Basic 2013 vs Lync 2013
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6 months ago
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With the release of Lync Server 2013, there are two versions of the Lync 2013 client available: Lync Basic 2013 Lync 2013 What's the difference between the two? Lync Basic 2013 provides all the basic functionality that’s available...
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OAuth Certifcate in Lync Server 2013
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6 months ago
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When requesting certificates in your Lync Server 2013 environment, you will notice that there is a new certificate type that needs to be requested, OAuthTokenIssuer. What is OAuth and what do we use it for in Lync Server 2013? OAuth (Open Authorization...
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Office Web Apps Server & Lync Server 2013
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8 months ago
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Update 3/18/13 - Updated for RTM of Lync Server 2013. Update 11/14/12 - Updated for RTM of Office Web Apps Server. The Office Web Apps Server is a required role when deploying Lync Server 2013. By default when you add conferencing to the pool, you...
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Backup Registrar Functionality in Lync Server 2013
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9 months ago
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Backup registrar functionality works in Lync Server 2013 the same way that it did in Lync Server 2010. This means that the client is informed of it's backup registrar via a SIP/2.0 301 Redirect request to Home Server . This response will contain the user...
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Configuring Backup Pool when the Primary Pool is Hosting the Central Management Store
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9 months ago
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I was testing out the new paired pool functionality in Lync Server 2013 in my lab when I ran into an interesting issue. You can find more information about paired pools in the Planning for Front End Pool Pairing TechNet article. After selecting the backup...
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Issue Configuring SQL Mirroring for Lync Server 2013 when SQL is Not Running Under A Service Account
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9 months ago
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dodeitte
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Lync Server 2013 now supports the ability to use SQL mirroring to provide high availability for the Lync Server 2013 back end. You can learn more about SQL mirroring in Lync Server 2013 from the Back End Server High Availability TechNet article. This...
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Issue when Installing Windows Identity Foundation on Windows Server 2012
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10 months ago
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I was installing Lync Server 2013 Preview in my lab and while running Step 1 from the Deployment Wizard I got the following message: I found the Additional Software Requirements TechNet article ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg398686...
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Where is the Lync 2013 Tracing Folder?
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10 months ago
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dodeitte
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I went to look for the client uccapilog file, but it wasn't in the location I was expecting. In previous versions of Communicator and Lync 2010, the client tracing folder was stored in: C:\Users\<username>\Tracing In Lync 2013, the client...
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Installing IIS Role Services for Lync Server 2013
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10 months ago
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Update 3/17/13 - Added information about .NET 3.5 installation error on Windows Server 2012. Update 9/19/12 - Added HTTP Activation for Windows Server 2012. Update 7/20/12 - Added Dynamic Content Compression and additional information for Windows Server...
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Issues with MRAS and Limited External Calling
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10 months ago
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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...
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How to Update Windows Firewall Rules for Lync Server 2010 After Installation
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11 months ago
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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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over 1 year ago
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dodeitte
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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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over 2 years ago
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dodeitte
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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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