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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 10 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...
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Using IIS ARR as a Reverse Proxy for Lync Server 2013

Posted 3 months ago

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With Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) 2010 now discontinued, we sought a suitable reverse proxy solution that works with Lync Server. With the release of Windows Server 2008, it is now possible to add an optional component called IIS Application...
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Lync Server 2010 Edge Server Reference Architecture Diagrams Available for Download

Posted over 2 years ago

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Based on customer demand, the Edge Server Reference Architecture diagrams are now available in the Microsoft Download Center. You can customize and use these diagrams to plan your deployment. Author : Rick Varvel Publication date : March 14, 2011...
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Change a Pool Database Instance when the Pool Hosts the Central Management Server

Posted over 3 years ago

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Microsoft Lync Server 2010 communications software introduces the Central Management Server role. By design, this server role does not allow you to alter the back-end database that is used by the Central Management store until you move this role to a...
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LyncMD: Troubleshooting the Lync 2010 Address Book

Posted 11 months ago

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The Microsoft Support Team works around the clock to assist customers in troubleshooting issues with Lync Server. In each article in this new NextHop series, senior Microsoft Support engineers walk you through a real-life support case, giving an insider’s...
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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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Announcing Microsoft Lync Server Top Solutions RSS Feed

Posted over 1 year ago

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The Microsoft Lync Server Top Solutions RSS feed contains the answers our engineers use to resolve many top support calls. The Top Solutions feed pairs the latest top customer issues with the best Microsoft resolutions from KB articles, blogs, TechNet...
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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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LyncBeat: How UCMA Handles Incoming Messages

Posted 4 months ago

by SMS Bradley
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Lync MVPs are a fountain of deep knowledge on Lync Server--which they share generously on their own blogs. Our goal with the new LyncBeat series is to evangelize these great information channels. Thus, every week or so, we will shout out a blog and an...
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Mac Users: Download Lync for Mac 2011 Today

Posted over 2 years ago

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Working on a Mac in Office 365 just got better. Lync for Mac 2011 is now available to all Office 365 users who are licensed to use Lync Online. Author : Rory Conway Publication date : November 16, 2011 Lync for Mac 2011 enables Mac users to see...
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Lync Firewall Rules Viewer

Posted 10 months ago

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Determining which ports to open and what direction to allow Lync Server 2010 traffic to travel through your firewalls is an important task. Lync administrators need to determine firewall rules and provide this information to their security administrator...
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Lync 2010 Client Authentication

Posted 5 months ago

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Users have multiple options for login into Lync Server 2010. Users can use Lync 2010, Lync Web App, Lync Mobile, browser connecting to the simple URLs, and Lync Attendee. Each of these clients uses different protocols when authenticating the user to Lync...