I have two Lync 2013 standard edition servers deployed part of my topology. Each standard edition box is backup registrar to each other. I wanted to move the CMS database from one server to another. I have verified CMS database location by running get...

I would like to share Lync user provisioning steps in central forest Lync topology without FIM. I have deployed a central forest Lync topology. Lync 2013 servers are hosted in ‘Green.com’ forest and wanted enable users from an additional forest...

I would like to share few troubleshooting tips based on UCS deployment experiences. Assume that, you had successfully deployed Lync 2013 and exchange 2013 in the organization and enabled UCS. However, client contacts were still not migrated to exchange...

There are multiple ways to verify if UCS is enabled for the users from client side. Following information may help you for reference. Option-1: Through Lync client configuration Hold ‘control’ key on the keyboard and right click on the...

I have deployed two Lync 2013 standard edition servers in a paired mode. Half of the Lync users are hosted in first standard edition pool called Lync01.green.com (pool1) and rest of them are hosted in second standard edition pool called Lync02.green.com...

First of all, there is a potential risk involved in cut-over migration from LCS 2005 to Lync 2013 and it is not supported by Microsoft. Purpose of this blog is to understand the direct migration path from LCS 2005 to Lync 2013 RTM and reveal the challenges...

This is not a hybrid deployment scenario. Lync online and exchange on-premise are isolated domains. I have deployed on-premise exchange server with SMTP domain called ‘contoso.com’ and Office 365 Trial domain is Lynctest12.onmicrosoft.com’...

The aim of this test is to understand Lync 2013 (Preview) client behavior during an infrastructure failure. My lab environment consists of Lync 2013 (P) EE Pool with two frontend servers, dedicated SQL backend server and two Lync 2013 (P) clients....

I have only listed major features or architecture changes introduced on Lync server 2013 preview compared to Lync server 2010. Hope it would be helpful. Audio video conference server role is always collocated with frontend server. Monitoring archiving...

Login to frontend server and ensure that mobility services are successfully installed. You can see new virtual directory (McX) created under internal and external web sites . Verify following DNS records are resolving properly. lyncdiscoverinternal...

How does user authentication happens in Lync branch site ? Lync client will generate a DNS SRV request to identify Lync Pool FQDN .This request will forward to Lync central AD site and it returns director pool FQDN . Lync client will send a TLS...

I would like to discuss various disaster scenarios associated with Lync response group topology. I am taking an existing topology as reference . Main focus is on branch site impact during failures . Lync 2010 enterprise pool is hosted in central site...