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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>NextHop</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/</link><description>Brought to you by the Microsoft Lync Server Documentation Team</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Evolution Platform Developer Build (Build: 5.6.50428.7875)</generator><item><title>LyncMD: Troubleshooting Lync Server 2010 when a Remote Sign-In Fails Due to Certificate-Related Issues</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/23/lyncmd-troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-when-a-remote-sign-in-fails-due-to-certificate-related-issues.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3574469</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3574469</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3574469</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/23/lyncmd-troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-when-a-remote-sign-in-fails-due-to-certificate-related-issues.aspx#comments</comments><description>Series Lead : Premal Gandhi, Microsoft Senior Supportability Program Manager 
 Authors : Sunil Kumar, Consultant | Arnab Sarkar, Support Escalation Engineer | Pankaj Rai, Technical Support Lead | Mahesh S, Service Delivery Manager 
 Published : May...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/23/lyncmd-troubleshooting-lync-server-2010-when-a-remote-sign-in-fails-due-to-certificate-related-issues.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3574469" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Troubleshooting/">Troubleshooting</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/LyncMD/">LyncMD</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Server+2010/">Lync Server 2010</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Edge+Servers/">Edge Servers</category></item><item><title>Notes from the Field: Lync Server 2013 and Active Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/17/notes-from-the-field-lync-server-2013-and-active-monitoring-with-system-center-operations-manager.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3573254</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3573254</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3573254</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/17/notes-from-the-field-lync-server-2013-and-active-monitoring-with-system-center-operations-manager.aspx#comments</comments><description>Lync Server 2013 Monitoring Packs for System Center Operations Manager lets you see at a glance how your Lync infrastructure is doing, so you can focus on maintaining and improving the solution, rather than manually monitoring it. 
 Series Note 
 In...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/17/notes-from-the-field-lync-server-2013-and-active-monitoring-with-system-center-operations-manager.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3573254" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Server+2013/">Lync Server 2013</category></item><item><title>Hot Off the Press: Mastering Lync Server 2013</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/16/hot-off-the-press-mastering-lync-server-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 22:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3573233</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3573233</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3573233</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/16/hot-off-the-press-mastering-lync-server-2013.aspx#comments</comments><description>This soon-to-be-released book by noted Lync experts, Keith Hanna and Nathan Winters, is already causing a lot of buzz on Facebook and Twitter. I was sold at &amp;ldquo; packages over 100 hours of TAP deployment time.&amp;rdquo; How about you? 
 Author : Susan...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/16/hot-off-the-press-mastering-lync-server-2013.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3573233" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Server+2013/">Lync Server 2013</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Book/">Book</category></item><item><title>Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013 Jump Start</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/14/core-solutions-of-microsoft-lync-server-2013-jump-start.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3572740</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3572740</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3572740</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/14/core-solutions-of-microsoft-lync-server-2013-jump-start.aspx#comments</comments><description>Prepare for the Lync Server 2013 exams by attending the JumpStart series live on May 30-31, and get your questions answered. You don&amp;rsquo;t want to miss this opportunity to learn from the experts. 
 Author : Rui Maximo, Microsoft Principal Technical...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/14/core-solutions-of-microsoft-lync-server-2013-jump-start.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3572740" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Training/">Training</category></item><item><title>Action Needed: Lync Online Certificate Update</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/13/action-needed-lync-online-certificate-update.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3572047</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3572047</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3572047</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/13/action-needed-lync-online-certificate-update.aspx#comments</comments><description>As part of an ongoing commitment to security, the Lync team is making a change to the SSL certificate chain, which will require customers and partners to take action before June 1, 2013. Lync Server currently uses the GTE CyberTrust Global Root, and on...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/13/action-needed-lync-online-certificate-update.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3572047" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Online/">Lync Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Update/">Update</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/announcement/">announcement</category></item><item><title>Lync Hybrid Offers Simplified</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/13/lync-hybrid-offers-simplified.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3571811</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3571811</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3571811</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/13/lync-hybrid-offers-simplified.aspx#comments</comments><description>The feature known as &amp;ldquo;Hybrid Voice&amp;rdquo; has been deprecated from Lync Online. 
 Author : Jamie Stark, Lync Senior Product Marketing Manager 
 Published : May 13, 2013 
 Product version : Lync Server 2013, Lync Online 
 The Lync hybrid configuration...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/13/lync-hybrid-offers-simplified.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3571811" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Online/">Lync Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Voice-+hybrid+voice/">Voice. hybrid voice</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/announcement/">announcement</category></item><item><title>Lync Server Federation with Microsoft.com: Root Certificate Change</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/09/lync-server-federation-with-microsoft-com-root-certificate-change.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 22:37:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3571801</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3571801</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3571801</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/09/lync-server-federation-with-microsoft-com-root-certificate-change.aspx#comments</comments><description>On June 8th, 2013, for Office Communications Server and Lync federation with Microsoft.com, Microsoft will replace the root certificate on the federation edge server from a GTE CyberTrust root to a Baltimore root. 
 By that date, any SIP domain federated...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/09/lync-server-federation-with-microsoft-com-root-certificate-change.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3571801" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Update/">Update</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Federation/">Federation</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Server/">Lync Server</category></item><item><title>Lync MVP Article Roundup: April 2013</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/08/lync-mvp-article-roundup-april-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 00:44:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3571510</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3571510</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3571510</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/08/lync-mvp-article-roundup-april-2013.aspx#comments</comments><description>Lync MVPs are a fountain of deep knowledge on Lync Server. But keeping up with the dozens of great articles they create each month can be a challenge. That&amp;rsquo;s where this monthly roundup comes in. From one easy place, you can now scan all Lync MVP...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/08/lync-mvp-article-roundup-april-2013.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3571510" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+MVP/">Lync MVP</category></item><item><title>Lync Online: Lync Contact List Troubleshooting</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/01/lync-online-lync-contact-list-troubleshooting.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:25:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3570300</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3570300</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3570300</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/01/lync-online-lync-contact-list-troubleshooting.aspx#comments</comments><description>The Microsoft Support team released the following Knowledge Base article with a solution to a Lync contact list issue. 
 Author: Darrin Hanson, Microsoft Technical Readiness Engineer 
 Editor : Susan S. Bradley 
 Publication date: May 1, 2013 
 Product...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/01/lync-online-lync-contact-list-troubleshooting.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3570300" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Clients+and+Devices/">Clients and Devices</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Online/">Lync Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Client/">Client</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Exchange/">Exchange</category></item><item><title>Lync Online: Sign-In Troubleshooting Through ADFS with Lync 2013</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/01/lync-online-sign-in-troubleshooting-through-adfs-with-lync-2013.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 00:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3570299</guid><dc:creator>NextHop</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/rsscomments.aspx?WeblogPostID=3570299</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3570299</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/01/lync-online-sign-in-troubleshooting-through-adfs-with-lync-2013.aspx#comments</comments><description>The Microsoft Support team released the following Knowledge Base articles with solutions to two sign-in issues. 
 Author: Darrin Hanson, Microsoft Technical Readiness Engineer 
 Editor : Susan S. Bradley 
 Publication date: May 1, 2013 
 Product version...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/05/01/lync-online-sign-in-troubleshooting-through-adfs-with-lync-2013.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3570299" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Office+365/">Office 365</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Online/">Lync Online</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Client/">Client</category></item></channel></rss>