Lync Call Concurrency and SIP Channel Usage
UPDATED 25/08/2014 – Thanks to SinisterPenguin for their SQL Query – see below. The topic of ‘how many SIP channels is Lync using’ has come up in blogs and forums quite a few times, but I still get...
View ArticleRingback, Silence, Ringback
It can be easy to take things like the dial-tone, or ringback for granted… until they don’t act like you expect them to. And we all know that if something doesn’t act like people expect, it can only...
View ArticleLync Server Centralized Logging Service Agent Service could not be started
Just a quick article to highlight an issue I had recently. Fresh install of Lync Server 2013, updates applied via WSUS (everything was approved) and the latest Lync Server Cumlative Update (September...
View ArticleMobile Security with PointSharp
Everybody knows that Lync is secure, it uses TLS encryption for signalling and media end-to-end, but for some companies that’s not enough. It’s not only important that the application traffic be...
View ArticleEnable-CsForestUser PowerShell Script
I wrote this script, partly to help a friend, and partly to follow on from my previous article called Lync Central Forest Topology with Forefront Identity Manager (FIM). In that article I tried to...
View ArticleWait-CsManagementStoreReplicationStatus PowerShell Script
Working in IT, obviously means that I’m an inpatient sort of person. One of the most frustrating moments dealing with Lync is waiting for Central Management Store replication. The PowerShell cmdlet is...
View ArticleDiagrams, diagrams, and more diagrams
Welcome to 2015… And I’ll start by clearing out the cupboard, as this post is made up from a few things that have been kicking around in my drafts folder for a while, I never managed to find a theme,...
View ArticleSynchronise Lync Presence with Skype
Do you have both Skype and Lync clients signed in at the same time? I do. I have Lync for work, and Skype for friends and family. Sure, it’s possible to federate between Lync and Skype, but who wants...
View ArticlePersistent Chat – December 2014 CU – 500 Internal Server Error
This issue was brought to my attention by Mika Ullgren (known as @Techmikal on Twitter – an expert in Security and Authentication). The issue was on a Lync Standard Edition Server with collocated...
View ArticleSkype for Business Inplace Upgrade – Undocumented Disk Space Requirements
It’s fairly well blogged and documented that you’ll need ‘a disk’ with ‘at least 32 Gb free’ to be able to perform the Skype for Business in-place upgrade. The pre-requisite checker even tells you…...
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