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Installing OCS 2007 R2 to a Named Instance of SQL on a Dynamic Port
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over 3 years ago
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Note: The article below should be taken as an example of what is possible and is not necessarily representative of a supported solution. Please verify that this is a supported solution before implementing in a production environment. I was testing...
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KB Article Published for OCS and .NET Framework 4.0 Issues
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over 3 years ago
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A knowledge base article has been published with a workaround to the issues seen when trying to install OCS on a computer that has been updated to .NET Framework 4.0. You can find all of the details and the steps to correct the issue here: http://support...
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Make Sure to Apply the Database Update when Installing the July 2010 OCS Updates
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over 3 years ago
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There have been a few reports of OCS services not starting on the front-ends after applying the July 2010 updates. After applying the updates you would see the following error (Event ID 30968) in the Event Log when trying to start the front-end services...
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OCS Threshold Files for PAL Available
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over 3 years ago
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With the release of PAL 1.3.6.2, OCS threshold files are now included. The threshold files are specifically for OCS 2007 R2, although most of the counters are the same for R1. I've broken the files up by role to make it easier to look at just the specific...
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Issue with Federation Only Working in One Direction
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over 3 years ago
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I ran into this issue with a couple of customers recently while troubleshooting federation issues. The issue was that Company A and Company B set up federation with each other. Both companies could see the presence for the other. A user in Company A could...
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OCS 2007 R2 Supportability Statement for Windows 2008 R2 Released
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over 3 years ago
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The following KB articles have been released addressing what steps need to be taken for support of LCS 2005 SP1, OCS 2007 and OCS 2007 R2 in a Windows 2008 R2 domain, as well as installing OCS 2007 R2 on a Windows 2008 R2 member server: http://support...
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How to Change the Sort Order of Contact List Groups
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over 3 years ago
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Office Communicator allows you to create groups to sort your contacts. You can also arranged those groups in any order you see fit. So you can move a group that you use frequently to the top of the list, and move others to the bottom. But have you ever...
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Sample OCS Archiving Report Available
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over 3 years ago
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Update 11/26/10 - OCSArchivingReport - 0.6 is available. Fixed an issue with RTF text not displaying in the results. Update 8/26/10 - This blog post will serve as the official home of the OCSArchivingReport. Please post any questions/feedback in the comments...
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Do I Really Need to be a Domain Admin to Install CWA?
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over 4 years ago
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This question came up from a customer who was looking to install CWA without having to be a member of the Domain Admins group. The documentation and the GUI says that you need to be a member of the Domain Admins group, but what do we really use it for...
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What Rights in SQL are Needed for DBAnalyze to Work?
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over 4 years ago
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I see this come up a lot when doing OCS Health Checks. Part of the Health Check is looking at information from DBAnalyze. If you get the following error, more than likely the account you're trying to use doesn't have the necessary rights to the SQL databases...
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Options for Hyperlinks in Communicator 2007
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over 4 years ago
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I get a lot of questions on how to enable hyperlinks in Communicator or how to remove the underscore '_' from the beginning of hyperlinks in Communicator. There are a couple of options available to control the way hyperlinks appear in IM conversations...
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OCS 2007 R2 Cumulative Server Update Installer Released
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over 4 years ago
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You can use this tool to automatically install the latest patches for each component. To use, run ServerUpdateInstaller.exe with elevated permissions. I would recommend creating a folder and put ServerUpdateInstaller.exe in there, as it extracts each...
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File Size Restrictions in OCS Web Conferencing
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over 4 years ago
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This question comes up when talking about the OCS hosted Live Meetings when customers are trying to decide how much space to allocate to the Web Conferencing shares. There is an article on TechNet that talks about the recommended space to allocate...
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Do NOT Apply KB974571 to LCS/OCS Servers
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over 4 years ago
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Update - Please see the "Known issues that affect this security update" section in KB974571 ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974571/ ) for information on resolving this issue. <Removed rest of post, as the above KB article contains all relevant...
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LCS Services Fail to Start After Running the Global Settings Migration Tool
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over 4 years ago
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I ran into this problem recently. I was doing a migration from LCS 2005 SP1 to OCS 2007 R2 and as part of the R2 prep we were moving the global settings to the Configuration Partition. We followed the steps outlined in this TechNet article ( http://technet...
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Issues with Group Chat File Upload
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over 4 years ago
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I ran into a couple of issues getting the file upload feature to work in Group Chat. I followed all of the documentation found on TechNet ( http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd441213(office.13).aspx ), which unfortunately leaves out some important...
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Changes to PIC Licensing
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over 4 years ago
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From the PressPass announcement: Microsoft is changing its public instant messaging connectivity (PIC) license requirements for Office Communications Server connectivity to the Windows Live and AOL public IM networks. Now, customers with Office...
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XMPP Gateway Released
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over 4 years ago
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Overview The eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP) Gateway for Office Communications Server allows Office Communications Server users to communicate with users who use an XMPP-based IM and presence provider such as Google Talk and Jabber...
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Configure the Domains that User Replicator Searches
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over 4 years ago
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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...
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How to Verify if Schema Prep Completed Successfully
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over 4 years ago
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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...
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Live Meeting 2007 Group Policy Template
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over 4 years ago
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I get asked a lot if there's an .adm template for Live Meeting and where to download it. You can download it here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/948741 . It's actually a KB article that used to track interest in the template, so feel free to download...
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Office Communicator Call Button Integration Support
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over 4 years ago
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Background Microsoft headsets and webcams currently launch Windows Live Messenger when the Call button is pressed. The goal of the Call Button Integration Support Update is to enable a Group Policy setting that will change that will launch Microsoft...
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Error when Configuring Delegated Setup
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over 4 years ago
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I had a customer run across this issue recently. When trying to use LCSCmd to configure delegated setup, you would get the following error: LCSCmd.exe /Domain[:<domain FQDN>] /Action:CreateDelegation /Delegation:SetupAdmin /TrusteeGroup:<name...
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Installing IIS Role Services for OCS 2007 R2
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over 4 years ago
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UPDATE 7/28/10 - I added the ServerManagerCmd commands to make it easier to install the IIS role services for front-end and CWA servers. This question comes up a lot, especially when installing on Windows 2008...What IIS role services do I need to...
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Installing KB911996 on an LCS 2005 SP1 Enterprise Edition Front-end with SQL Installed
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over 4 years ago
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I ran into this issue while trying to migrate a customer to OCS 2007 R2. When they originally setup LCS, they installed SQL with the LCS databases on the LCS server itself. While this is not supported, it was keeping us from being able to migrate them...
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