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When we first started the Lync Server PowerShell blog, our plan was for the blog to provide people with all the cool insider information that they couldn't get anywhere else. And that was a pretty good plan, except for one thing: we didn't actually have...

The Survivable Branch Appliance is a purpose-built appliance to increase voice resiliency in branch-office scenarios. Built by Microsoft UC partners, this appliance is a blade server that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 and the Microsoft Lync Server...

Now that we're done with the code and have reached our RTM milestone, our Unified Communications Open Interoperability Program is busy working to qualify vendors to interoperate with Microsoft Lync Server 2010. Author: Jamie Stark Publication date...

If you find yourself frequently using Remote PowerShell to start up Communications Server Management Shell, you might have thought about how nice it would be to have a handy desktop shortcut to do this. If you have thought that - or even if you haven't, but now that we mention it it sounds like a pretty useful thing - take a look at this script.

You have all these users in Active Directory, how do you enable them for Communications Server? Read this article to find out.

Microsoft Communicator for Mac 2011 and Microsoft Lync for Mac are two instant messaging (IM) clients that are designed to be used with the Apple operating system in a Communications Server or Lync Server 2010 unified communications environment. This...

With Lync Server 2010, conferences provide the option to dial out to participants. The dial out to PSTN experience varies depending on whether the organizer and participant are enabled for Enterprise Voice. This article covers the possible scenarios in...

The Lync team is proud to make the following tools and updates available for Lync Server 2013. This article lists a number of resources that will help you with your deployment of Lync Server 2013. Author : Angela Corman, Microsoft Program Manager ...

Microsoft Support released the following cumulative update packages for Microsoft Lync Phone Edition for Aastra 6721ip, Aastra 6725ip, HP 4110, and HP 4120, and Polycom CX500, Polycom CX600, Polycom CX3000, Polycom CX700, and LG-Nortel IP Phone 8540 telephones...

By design, the Lync Server 2013 Deployment Wizard installs databases and log files in locations based on program logic that determines the optimal placement for a typical Lync Server environment. But what if your deployment requirements are unique and...

Have you ever wanted to figure out why a user experienced poor call quality, but didn’t have access to the Lync Sever Monitoring Server reports to dig into the data? This article shows you how to use UCCAPI logging, Snooper, and XML Notepad to log...

This article discusses the functionality of Session Border Controllers, including scenarios where they can be used and how they can be implemented. Author : Steven van Houttum, Lync MVP Publication date : July 8, 2013 Product version : Lync Server...

Abstract: Following up on our announcement today about new features available with updated Lync 2013 Mobile clients, we are excited to share more details about Lync 2013 Mobile client’s support for certificate authentication and passive authentication...

This article has been updated. A new section, Create a DNS SRV Record for Integration with Hosted Exchange UM , was added to this article on February 13, 2012 and the article was moved to the Lync Server 2010 TechNet Library. You can now view the content...