Greg Anthony's Blog
Why hasn't Greg blogged anything lately
I've been busy working on another project. In the meantime I suggest that you check out NextHop...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 04/12/2010
LCS/OCS Public IM Connectivity (PIC) with Yahoo! Domains YMail.com and Rocketmail.com
Yahoo! has added two additional domains (ymail.com and rocketmail.com) that users can choose from...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 01/22/2010
Office Communications Server 2007 R2: Response Group Service Does Not Start
The following symptoms are observed. Response Group Service doesn’t start. When starting...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 01/06/2010
Failed to activate Office Communications Server Standard Edition Server
When you deploy a new installation of Standard Edition Server activation fails if security update...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 11/24/2009
OCS 2007 R2: Error Accessing User Communications Tab Properties
Problem After migrating a user from Live Communications Server 2005 Service Pack 1 to Office...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 11/23/2009
How to issue certificate for Office Communications Server 2007 R2 when the Web Server Template has been disabled on the Certificate Authority
Problem You receive an error trying to issue a certificate via the Certificate Wizard because the...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 11/23/2009
When running Active Directory Users and Computers on a machine where LCS 2005 SP1 Administration tools have been installed you click Live Communications tab on user account properties and receive “Failed to read the user’s settings”
Cause LCS 2005 SP1 Servers have been updated with KB 911996 which requires any LCS 2005 SP1...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 10/02/2009
Communicator 2007 R2 Desktop Sharing Call Flow Part 1 – Peer to Peer
I had worked on a case recently where a firewall existed between the OCS 2007 R2 Pool and the...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 09/08/2009
Office Communicator 2007 and R2 File Transfer when Forefront Security for Office Communications Server is installed.
Communicator 2007 or Communicator 2007 R2 File transfers no longer occur peer-to-peer after...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 08/10/2009
Office Communications Server 2007 User Services: A WMI instance for a policy could not be located
Problem: A WMI instance for a policy could not be located Symptom: Follow event is logged in...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 06/12/2009
Communicator Web Access 2007 R2 Dial-in Conferencing Settings are blank
Problem: You logon to The Dial-in Conferencing Settings page...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 06/12/2009
"Meet Now Meeting Creation Failed" received when clicking "Meet Now" in Live Meeting 2007 or Outlook Conferencing Add-In menu bar in Outlook after enabling PSTN conference dial-in on the Meeting Policy tab
Problem: Click Meet Now button in Live Meeting 2007 Note: Clicking Meet Now on Communication 2007 R2...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 06/11/2009
OCS 2007 R2 Device Updater: Unable to update Communicator Phone Edition
Problem: Communicator Phone Edition (CPE) device signs in and shows Authentication completed....
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 05/18/2009
Installing Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Console breaks presence in Outlook
Problem: Installing Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Attendant Console breaks presence in...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 03/31/2009
Office Communicator Error Message received when expanding a group distribution list
Here are some troubleshooting steps for when you expand a group distribution list in Communicator...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 03/26/2009
Running the Office Communications Server 2007 Global Settings Migration Tool
The Global Settings Migration Tool enables Administrators of existing OCS 2007 deployments to...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 03/25/2009
Office Communicator - Notifications - Cannot Synchronize Address Book
There are several knowledge base articles that have been published that address various causes and...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 03/11/2009
External client receives Live Meeting Error: "Content failed to download due to a problem with the Conference Center Configuration. Contact your administrator"
Problem: Internal clients are able to download content of handouts that are shared and for some...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 02/12/2009
Public IM Conversation issue between Yahoo! Messenger 8.1 and earlier and Microsoft Office Communicator
Problem: Issue is that when a Communicator client sends a message to a Yahoo! Messenger client that...
Author: GregAnthony_MSFT Date: 02/10/2009