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Sample OCS Archiving Report Available
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over 3 years ago
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Update 6/2/13 - Sample Lync Server Archiving Report is now available! Click here for more information. Update 5/29/13 - Updated report download link and moved report to TechNet Gallery. Update 11/26/10 - OCSArchivingReport - 0.6 is available. Fixed an...
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Another Reason to Include a Director in Your Lync Server 2010 Deployment
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over 3 years ago
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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...
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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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Lync Basic 2013 vs Lync 2013
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7 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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How to Get the Last Time a User Registered with a Front End
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over 2 years ago
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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...
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Office Web Apps Server & Lync Server 2013
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9 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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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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Enabling Topology - Completed with Errors (Error Code 2310)
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over 3 years ago
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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:...
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OCS 2007 R2 PIC with AOL on Windows 2008 R2
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over 3 years ago
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I was troubleshooting PIC connectivity with a customer recently and we ran into an issue when following the steps in Scott Oseychik's blog post on changing the cipher suite order ( http://blogs.msdn.com/b/scottos/archive/2009/04/03/resolved-ocs-2007-r2...
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Issue with Remote User Access for Clients using Windows XP and Windows 2008 R2 Front Ends
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over 3 years ago
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I was helping to troubleshoot an issue where users were unable to login via Remote User Access using the Edge server. They were able to successfully login from inside the network, but externally, the client would come back with an error. We made sure...
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Issue when installing Lync Server 2010 Edge Server with Computer Name
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over 3 years ago
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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...
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Installing IIS Role Services for Lync Server 2013
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11 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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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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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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How to Change the Shared Folder Location for an OCS Enterprise Pool
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over 4 years ago
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If you need to change the location where you originally configured the OCS shares, there are a couple of steps that you need to follow. One reason to change the location is if you originally configured the shares to be on your Front-End server in an Enterprise...
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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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What FQDN to use when Setting Up OWA/Lync Integration?
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over 2 years ago
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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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Issue with OAuth Certificate & Installing Multiple Lync Server 2013 Servers at the Same Time
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6 months ago
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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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Sample Lync Server Archiving Report Available
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15 days ago
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The Sample Lync Server Archiving Report is an update to the popular Sample OCS Archiving Report , however this report has been completely redesigned based on feedback from the community. We've expanded the report to include more information from the archiving...
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How to Determine What Version of LCS or OCS You Have Installed
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over 4 years ago
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Here's an easy way to figure out exactly what version of LCS or OCS you have installed. For LCS or OCS, check the following key: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Real-Time Communications\{92AC8981-AAD9-4391-8563-92E558EEF4C6} For OCS 2007 R2, check the following...
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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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OCS 2007 R2 and Windows 2008 Domain Controllers
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over 4 years ago
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Burried on page 329 of the OCS 2007 R2 Planning Guide is this important note about Windows 2008 Domain Controllers: Windows Server 2008 Support Office Communications Server 2007 R2 supports Windows Server 2008, both for servers running Office...
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How to Get a List of Client Versions and the Users Logged into Them
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over 2 years ago
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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...
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Sample Group Chat Dashboard Available
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over 3 years ago
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Update 3/13/13 - Updated report download link and moved report to TechNet Gallery. The sample Group Chat dashboard* provides administrators with an overview of relevant information about their Group Chat environment. This report is similar to the OCS...
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Installing IIS Role Services for Lync Server 2010
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over 3 years ago
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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...
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