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Ultimate Voice Webcast: May 4, 2012

Posted over 1 year ago

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This webcast series focuses on Lync Server 2010 voice-related topics. The web clinics run each month and consist of the following sessions: Flexible Dial Plans , Using SIP Trunks with Lync Server 2010 , Lync Server 2010 More Than a PBX , Simple User Provisioning...
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Lync Server 2013 Preview: What’s New in Persistent Chat Server

Posted 8 months ago

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This article describes new features introduced in Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Preview, Persistent Chat Server. It also compares some of these features with the earlier features in Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Group Chat. Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Preview...
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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Locations

Posted over 2 years ago

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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 introduces the ability to provide location information about users. This feature is primarily used for Enhanced 9-1-1 (E9-1-1) to more effectively and efficiently dispatch emergency responders. Prior to the Cumulative Update...
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Greetings from TechED Europe and a Bit About Interoperability in Lync Server 2010

Posted over 3 years ago

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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...
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Update: Lync Federation with Public Instant Messaging Connectivity on Outlook.com

Posted 4 months ago

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Lync is now capable of federating with Outlook.com users. Author : Rob Pittfield , Senior Service Engineer, Microsoft Publication date : August 8, 2012 Update: January 10, 2013 Products : Lync 2010, Lync 2013 Preview, Lync Online, Outlook...
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Determining the Video Resolution of a Call

Posted over 2 years ago

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A common question I get from customers is how can I determine if I’m in HD mode during a peer-to-peer video call? To get the answer you must analyze call data created by the Lync 2010 client after the call has been completed. Thankfully there are...
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Survivable Branch Appliance in Lync Server 2010: A Practical Guide

Posted over 3 years ago

by DrRez_
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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...
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February 2013 Release Updates for Lync Server 2013

Posted 2 months ago

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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 ...
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Troubleshooting for Lync for Mac 2011 with Lync Server 2010

Posted over 2 years ago

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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...
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Lync Server 2010 Join Meeting Audio Scenarios

Posted over 2 years ago

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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...
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Certificate Authentication in Lync Server 2010 and Enterprise PKI

Posted 9 months ago

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NTLM, Kerberos, and TLS-DSK are the three available authentication packages for registered Lync endpoints. By default, all Lync clients and Lync telephony devices authenticate against Lync servers using the new authentication package, TLS-DSK. This article...
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Update: Configuring On-Premises Lync Server 2010 Integration with Exchange Online

Posted over 1 year ago

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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...
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Hardware Load Balancer Requirements for Lync Server 2010

Posted over 2 years ago

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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 supports both DNS load balanced and hardware load balanced solutions. While DNS load balancing can be used to distribute SIP traffic equally among the various Front End servers in a Front End pool, a hardware load balancer must...
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The New Lync Connectivity Analyzer

Posted 3 months ago

by SMS Bradley
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We are excited to announce the new Microsoft Lync Connectivity Analyzer. This tool will help Lync administrators determine whether the deployment and configuration of their on-premises Lync Server environment meets the requirements to support connections...