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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>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>0</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>3</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><item><title>Interview with a Lync Pro: Justin Morris</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/04/24/interview-with-a-lync-pro-justin-morris.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:07:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3568672</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=3568672</wfw:commentRss><wfw:comment xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/commentapi.aspx?WeblogPostID=3568672</wfw:comment><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/04/24/interview-with-a-lync-pro-justin-morris.aspx#comments</comments><description>The Microsoft Lync Server technical community is full of knowledgeable IT professionals who work tirelessly to share their wealth of experience and expertise with the world. They blog, tweet, deliver presentations, and answer questions in the forums to...(&lt;a href="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/2013/04/24/interview-with-a-lync-pro-justin-morris.aspx"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3568672" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/b/nexthop/archive/tags/Lync+Pro/">Lync Pro</category></item></channel></rss>