Duplicating Skype for Business Policies
18/10/17 13:39
Is there a way to copy or duplicate policies in Skype for Business or Lync Server 2013?
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Access Edge Static Routes
03/11/16 11:47
Microsoft Lync wants to use the OC_KeyContainer
29/09/16 14:43
Weird issue with Lync 2011 on MacOS / OSX:
Microsoft Lync wants to use the OC_KeyContainer keychain.
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Microsoft Lync wants to use the OC_KeyContainer keychain.
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Bulk Enabling Skype for Business Users
30/03/16 12:40
Scripts to enable and manage policy for multiple users in Skype for Business or Lync 2013.
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Deleting the Skype for Business Address Books
29/03/16 10:23
We don't want Office Web Apps
19/03/16 14:11
A number of people when considering Lync/Skype decide to skip the Office Web Apps role, without fully understanding the effects. Let's have a look at them.
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Skype for Business High Availability - Pool Pairing
29/02/16 08:54
High Availability in Skype for Business & Lync is kinda cool - some misconceptions however.
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Microsoft UC & VPN
09/02/16 09:44
Let's have a look at how to handle Microsoft Lync and VPN configurations.
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Enabling Extension Number Display in Lync 2013 or Skype for Business
02/02/16 10:35
How do you enable viewing of extension numbers in the Lync or Skype for Business client?
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Lync/Skype for Business CALs
29/01/16 11:02
Brief summary of the CAL/Functionalities for Lync 2013/Skype for Business
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Lync 2013/Skype for Business & Virtual Cores
13/01/16 14:00
Spotted an oddity on performance on some Skype for Business deployments….Around virtual cores.
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Jabber vs Lync/Skype for Business
02/12/15 09:54
Script to delete the address books
17/11/15 14:20
Sometimes, clearing out Lync or Skype for Business Address books on a client and downloading a new copy can be useful. Here's how to do it automatically.
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Changing a SIP Address in Lync or Skype for Business
24/10/15 01:11
What happens when you change a user's SIP address in Lync 2013 or Skype for Business?
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Building a Skype for Business Standard Edition Server
07/08/15 11:12
Enabling Administrator users for Lync
07/04/15 14:50
Lync 2013 High Availability
25/03/15 13:03
Some thoughts on the high availability options for Lync 2013 - specifically around geo-dispersion.
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Lync 2013 Cumulative Updates (Placeholder)
22/11/14 12:26
Disabled in Active Directory, Enabled in Lync
03/11/14 15:56
Managing your Presence - It's a tool!
03/11/14 12:30
How you manage your presence state is important if you want it to be a help, not a hinderance.
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In praise of Lync Standard Edition
25/10/14 13:31
Standard Edition is more capable than most give it credit for...let’s have a look.
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Lync 2013 Standalone Client Activation
11/10/14 11:31
How do you activate the Lync 2013 stand-alone client during installation?
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Disabled AD User Account can still login to Lync
03/01/14 18:40
Office365 & Microsoft Lync - Server is Temporarily Unavailable
31/12/13 10:57
Experienced an odd issue with clients being unable to logon to Microsoft Lync in Office365 - the error ‘The Server is Temporarily Unavailable’.
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OCS 2007 R2 Hotfix Issue with OCS2009-DBUpgrade.msi
18/12/13 09:25
Lync 2013 Functionality Demos
09/08/13 16:22
A run through of some of the functionalities within Microsoft Lync 2013.
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Configuring Windows IIS ARR
21/06/13 13:01
Details the processes involved in configuring Application Request Routing (ARR) for reverse proxy services.
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Lync 2013 Schema Update Methods
30/05/13 17:45
Let’s look at how to update the Active Directory Schema for Lync 2013…and what it does in the process.
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Restoring a Lync 2010 Infrastructure
29/05/13 19:40
Lync Server 2010 Address Book Normalization
28/05/13 17:14
Microsoft Lync - Ports for Remote Access
23/05/13 16:36
Automating Common Administrative Tasks
15/05/13 20:08
Another look at how to automate common tasks - making your administrator's life easier.
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Office/Lync 2013 Group Policy Templates
04/04/13 09:15
Small article explaining how to install the Office 2013 Group Policy Templates.
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Building an Exchange 2013 Server for Demo
25/03/13 17:16
I’ve been building up a number of machines for my demo environment - this one is for Exchange 2013. - a video in here shows the build process.
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Installing a Lync 2013 Standard Edition Server
23/03/13 21:50
Telephony - Losing its importance?
23/03/13 19:01
The Etiquette of Presence
23/03/13 18:24
Installing Office Web Apps on Server 2012
22/03/13 21:01
Quick run through of installing Office Web Applications on to Windows Server 2012.
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OSX and Virtualisation
20/03/13 09:21
Dual Homed Servers
13/03/13 12:53
In this blog I look at how you can dual-network home a Windows server, and how you need to consider the network routing.
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Unified Communications - The Importance of Design
01/03/13 12:05
Article discussing the importance of technical design for Unified Communications platforms.
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Reporting on User Configurations in Lync 2010
01/03/13 11:37
Lync - Utilities & Plug-ins
01/03/13 11:34
How to identify Enterprise Voice Users in Lync
01/03/13 10:39
Blog detailing how you can report/identify Enterprise Voice users within Microsoft Lync.Click here for more
Automatically Deleting the Lync Address Books
28/02/13 00:58
When developing & supporting a Lync platform, it may become necessary to delete the local user’s address books. In this blog entry I detail a way of automating this process. It makes it far easier then trying to talk a user through how to do it themselves. Click here for more
Downloading the Address Book in Lync 2013
28/02/13 00:57
The location of the Address Books within Lync 2013 are different to that of previous iterations of the product. In this blog I look at where the files are now stored, and also how to affect the download delay for the Address Books. If you wish, you can set the address books to download immediately for example - very useful for testing.Click here for more
Enabling Users for Lync Inside ADU&C
27/02/13 23:00
Why do things manually when there’s fast and automated ways of achieving things? In this blog I look at how to automate the enablement of users for Microsoft Lync - specifically, I add the ability to enable users to the Active Directory Users & Computers Console therefore simplifying the work-flow for user-enablement. Click here for more
