MSPL-RespondWithRing
Microsoft SIP Processing Language (MSPL) is a great way to extend the possibilities of Lync, and there are plenty of resources available to help you get started. I recently talked about MSPL during a...
View ArticleMicrosoft Remote Connectivity Analyzer
A new, single url for all the remote connectivity analyzer tools. It allows for testing of Exchange, Lync & Office 365. A great improvement in the Lync version is the updated verification method....
View ArticleNew Lync 2013 downloads
Microsoft has released updates and downloads for Lync Server 2013. They are the excellent Planning Tool http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36823, the unmissable Resource Kit tools...
View ArticleLync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack Resources
Allong with the release anouncement of the Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack, also known as Lync Hosting Pack v2 or LyncHPv2, Microsoft has published some interesting resources. Quite a read...
View ArticleNew Snooper tool and more updated Lync 2013 resources
Updated Snooper tool: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=35453 Also updated, Lync Server 2013 Capacity Calculator http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36828 and...
View ArticleReverse Proxy for Lync
The interop site for Lync now also includes reverse proxy solutions. Currently it mentions two solutions, TMG and IIS Application Request Routing (ARR). TMG continues to be a great reverse...
View ArticleLync Server 2013 and SQL cluster support
It seems that the updated support statement for SQL has gone a bit unnoticed. At Lync RTM, only SQL Mirroring was supported for backend high availability, and SQL cluster was not. That has changed...
View ArticleLync Right Start Kit on MPN
Microsoft Partner Network (MPN) has some excellent Lync resources. For example the Lync Right Start kit, part of the Lync accelerate framework. In the Lync Right Start Kit you will find: Lync business...
View ArticleUpdated Lync Voice training
I have extended the M20337 (Enterprise Voice and Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013) that I will be delivering for Global Knowledge (Belgium and Netherlands) to include the most recent...
View ArticleLync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack Deployment Guide now online.
The Lync Server 2013 Multitenant Hosting Pack Deployment Guide is now part of the Technet Library. This makes maintenance easier, so we will probably see some updates soon. Right now the hardware...
View ArticleLync Network Readiness Training
How does the network impact Lync, and how does Lync impact the network? That is important to know before you start deploying Lync. To prepare for this, Microsoft has recently released Course 20335,...
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Lync Phone Edition August 2014 Update – Phone Lock specifics.
Microsoft has released an update for the Lync Phone Edition phones, “August 2014 Cumulative Update for Lync Phone Edition for Polycom CX500, Polycom CX600, and Polycom CX3000 (KB2988181)”:...
View ArticleWhat is a Session Border Controller (SBC) and Do I Need It? (repost)
This article has been published before on the now deprecated NextHop. I still get a lot of responses, so reposting to ensure that is stays available. This article discusses the functionality of...
View ArticleHow to automatically add contacts to the Lync contact list.
The best contact list is created by the user themselves, but sometimes customers ask for a pre-populated Lync contact list. The only fully by Microsoft supported solution uses the team members from AD...
View ArticleResources for TechEd Europe session on Lync & Certificates (OFC-B311)
These are the websites mentioned in my TechEd Europe session about Lync & Certificates. Troubleshooting tools: Troubleshooting TLS1.2 and Certificate Issue with Microsoft Message Analyzer: A...
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Telephony terms explained: Erlang & Erlang B
Erlang (E), a unit used for telephony sizing, is named after the Danish mathematician and engineer A.K. Erlang. Erlang is the amount of traffic per hour (number of calls x average call duration). So if...
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Review: Sennheiser Speakerphone SP 20 ML
Sennheiser is well know for their high quality audio products and also has quite a few Lync qualified devices. Mostly headsets, but there are also two qualified USB speakerphones, the SP 10 ML and SP...
View ArticleLync 2013 exams not retired this year.
Microsoft Learning anounced that the Lync 2013 examens (335/336/337/338) wil not retire this year. I think this is good news for students, trainers and training centers. The full post: “A while back we...
View ArticleSkype for Business Server Feature Update
Cumulative updates for Skype for Business contain fixes, but also introduce new features. Here are some highlights: Video Based Screen Sharing for conferencing (VBSS) (Jun 2016) Offline Messaging (Jun...
View ArticleFlash from the past: Lync 2010 Resource Kit
Did you know there was a Lync 2010 resource kit? A lot of the content is still very useful for Lync 2013 and Skype for Business. I was was one of the dozens of people that worked on it for about a...
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