• Lync Server 2013 December 2014 Cumulative Update, Lync Web App & Google Chrome

    Update 12/27/14 - Added additional information on the change to Lync Web App. Update 12/17/14 - Added link to KB article. After applying the Lync Server 2013 December 2014 Cumulative Update, if a user using Google Chrome tries to use the Lync Web App...
  • Issue with Lync Conversation Window Extension

    I had a customer question the other day that I hadn't seen before. The issue was that people were noticing that every time when they initiated an IM conversation to a specific user, they would get the following in the IM window: Context not supported...
  • Issue Installing SQL Server 2012 Express Instances on Lync Server 2013

    I ran into this issue at a customer recently. The Lync Server 2013 Deployment Wizard would throw an error while trying to install SQL Server 2012 Express: Checking prerequisite SqlInstanceRtc...installing...failure code -2067922934 Prerequisite installation...
  • How To Remove Legacy OCS Dial-in Simple URL from Lync Server

    If you've migrated to Lync Server from a previous version of OCS, you may have noticed that you might have an additional simple URL configured. You can see this in the Lync Server Control Panel under Topology > Simple URL: Note : You may need...
  • Issue Installing August 2014 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Lync Server 2013

    You may encounter an issue while trying to install the August 2014 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Lync Server 2013 on a computer with just the Lync Server Core Components and/or Lync Server Administration Tools installed. In the screenshot below, you...