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Troubleshooting External Lync Mobility Connectivity Issues Step-by-Step

Posted over 1 year ago

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This article provides step-by-step troubleshooting for Microsoft Lync Server 2010 connectivity issues for external users with mobile devices. This article assumes that Lync Server 2010 Mobility Service and Lync Server 2010 Autodiscover Service are successfully...
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Microsoft Lync 2010 Photo Experience

Posted over 3 years ago

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Microsoft Lync 2010 uses photos to enhance the user experience when displaying the contact card. This article explains how you can manage the use of photos and how they are downloaded to clients. Author: Jens Trier Rasmussen Publication date: November...
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Lync Server 2010 - Mobility Deep Dive – Autodiscover Service

Posted over 1 year ago

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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Autodiscover Service--not to be confused with Exchange Autodiscover Service--is a new Lync Server service introduced in the Lync Mobility feature update that was released in Cumulative Update for Lync Server 2010: November 2011...
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Update: Microsoft Lync 2013 in a Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Posted 6 months ago

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Hi everyone, I’m Tarek Radi, a senior program manager on the Microsoft Lync partner and customer engineering team. I’m excited to give you a quick glimpse of how Lync 2013 delivers enterprise grade, real-time audio and video communication...
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Useful Tips for Testing Your Lync Server 2010 Edge Server

Posted over 2 years ago

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Deploying Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Edge Server can be a daunting task. Installing the software is straightforward, but getting every functional element of all the ancillary components configured properly is a challenge. Before the deployment is fully...
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Lync Web App Overview for Lync Server 2010 and Lync 2010

Posted over 2 years ago

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Microsoft Lync Web App communications software is a new client in Microsoft Lync Server 2010. Microsoft Lync Web App provides access to instant messaging (IM) , audio access controls, and desktop sharing capabilities during online meetings. This article...
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How to Capture and Decrypt Lync Server 2010 TLS Traffic Using Microsoft Tools

Posted over 1 year ago

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All Lync Server 2010 client traffic is encrypted by default and secure by design. In fact, you can’t run the Lync Server client in TCP mode, it must run in TLS. Security is essential, but it can pose a challenge when you are troubleshooting an issue...
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Assigning Telephone Numbers to Lync Enterprise Voice Users

Posted over 2 years ago

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To provide the best user experience and prepare for future growth, it is important to use the correct numbering format when assigning phone numbers to users. This article describes how to effectively assign phone numbers to Lync Server 2010 Enterprise...
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Push Notification Flow for Windows and iOS Mobile Device on Lync Server 2010 Internal Network

Posted over 1 year ago

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This article discusses push notification flow for Windows Phone 7.5 and iOS devices connected to Microsoft Lync Server 2010 on an internal network. It also identifies the port requirements for Windows Phone 7.5 and iOS devices to successfully register...
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DNS Load Balancing in Lync Server 2010

Posted over 2 years ago

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DNS load balancing is introduced in Microsoft Lync Server 2010 communications software. The objective of DNS load balancing is to provide a native load balancing mechanism option in Lync Server 2010. DNS load balancing can be quickly and easily configured...
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Troubleshooting Microsoft Message Queuing Issues on Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Posted over 2 years ago

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Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ) plays an important role in the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Monitoring/Archiving server infrastructure: in a distributed network environment, MSMQ is used to transmit data from agents located on other servers (such as Front...
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Integrating Exchange 2013 Preview and Lync Server 2013 Preview

Posted 9 months ago

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Exchange Server 2013 Preview and Lync Server 2013 Preview add new integration features to the existing Exchange Unified Messaging (UM) and Outlook Web App IM and Presence features currently available with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 and Microsoft Lync...
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Enabling Lync Media to Bypass a VPN Tunnel

Posted over 2 years ago

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Many organizations utilize Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) to secure traffic when users are outside the corporate network. VPNs have numerous security benefits, but they can actually degrade the call experience for Microsoft Lync users. This occurs because...
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Deployment Details for Lync Monitoring Reports

Posted over 2 years ago

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It can be difficult to work with Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Monitoring Reports and SQL Server Reporting Services. In this post we describe how to avoid some possible issues in a distributed scenario where the SQL Server cluster (database engine) is on...