https://chrishayward.co.uk/tags/lync-2013/ Recent content in Lync 2013 on chrishayward.co.uk Hugo en-gb Tue, 26 Jan 2021 13:23:29 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2020/02/29/skype-for-business-rip-exchange-um/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 07:12:13 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2020/02/29/skype-for-business-rip-exchange-um/ Microsoft have stated that they would retire Exchange Online UM on 28th February 2020 and it would be replaced by Cloud Voicemail… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2018/07/25/skype-for-business-qos-with-3rd-party-applications/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 21:26:54 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2018/07/25/skype-for-business-qos-with-3rd-party-applications/ Are you using Citrix or any other 3rd party application that handles media (e.g. Call Recording / Contact Centre) with Skype for Business? You may find… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2017/07/07/skype-for-business-automatically-set-rgs-holiday-sets-with-powershell-and-json/ Fri, 07 Jul 2017 16:49:36 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2017/07/07/skype-for-business-automatically-set-rgs-holiday-sets-with-powershell-and-json/ Every Lync/Skype admin has the same nightmare with Response Group Holiday sets, something that has to manually be programmed each year for Public Holidays… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2016/04/15/skype-for-business-hide-response-group-from-address-book/ Fri, 15 Apr 2016 17:25:02 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2016/04/15/skype-for-business-hide-response-group-from-address-book/ Back in 2012 I wrote a post on how to hide Response Groups from the Address Book in Lync 2010 using ADSI Edit. The same process also applied to Lync 2013… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2016/04/13/lync-2013-tls-negotiation-took-too-long-to-complete/ Wed, 13 Apr 2016 13:34:47 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2016/04/13/lync-2013-tls-negotiation-took-too-long-to-complete/ I recently came across an issue with Lync 2013 where SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) was periodically reporting errors with the Conferencing… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/12/18/skype-for-business-director-pool-in-dmz-secure-environment/ Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:37:04 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/12/18/skype-for-business-director-pool-in-dmz-secure-environment/ I was recently working for a customer where their security policy prohibited traffic from the internet terminating on servers within the LAN. Skype for… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/12/10/skype-for-business-2015-edge-servers-not-discovered-by-scom-sfb-management-pack/ Thu, 10 Dec 2015 16:12:54 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/12/10/skype-for-business-2015-edge-servers-not-discovered-by-scom-sfb-management-pack/ I recently came across an issue where the SCOM (System Center Operations Manager) Agent was installed on all servers in a customers Skype for Business… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/09/17/skype-for-business-lync-easiest-way-to-add-trusted-root-certificate-authorities-to-edge/ Thu, 17 Sep 2015 09:33:28 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/09/17/skype-for-business-lync-easiest-way-to-add-trusted-root-certificate-authorities-to-edge/ Ok here is a little tip when trying to add trusted root certificate authorities to Skype for Business 2015 and Lync 2010/2013 Edge servers. Microsoft have… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/04/17/lync-page-file-causes-front-end-to-run-out-of-disk-space-sqlservr-exe-and-pagefile/ Fri, 17 Apr 2015 16:57:29 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/04/17/lync-page-file-causes-front-end-to-run-out-of-disk-space-sqlservr-exe-and-pagefile/ I have recently encountered a strange issue where all 3 Front End servers in the same pool ran out of disk space at the same time. When investigating both… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/04/17/lync-move-on-prem-users-to-lync-online-from-csv/ Fri, 17 Apr 2015 12:17:30 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/04/17/lync-move-on-prem-users-to-lync-online-from-csv/ Microsoft detail how to move users from Lync On-Prem to Lync Online and how to bulk move users in an OU or with a particular AD attribute… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/04/02/lync-office-365-federation-presence-unknown/ Thu, 02 Apr 2015 12:56:18 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/04/02/lync-office-365-federation-presence-unknown/ A customer was having problems with their Lync 2010 deployment federating with Office 365. When searching for a Lync Online user they would see "Presence… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/03/24/lync-unable-to-sign-in-via-edge-checkpoint-firewalls/ Tue, 24 Mar 2015 08:57:50 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2015/03/24/lync-unable-to-sign-in-via-edge-checkpoint-firewalls/ I recently ran into a problem with Checkpoint Firewalls on a Lync 2010 deployment. The customer already had a single 2010 Front End and wished to enable… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/11/18/lync-uk-44-0-company_phone_number_normalization_rules-txt/ Tue, 18 Nov 2014 09:43:25 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/11/18/lync-uk-44-0-company_phone_number_normalization_rules-txt/ A common problem in the UK is that companies Active Directory telephone numbers will be populated in the format: +44 (0) 123 456 7891 or +44(0)1234567891… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/11/09/lync-2013-import-csuserdata-error/ Sun, 09 Nov 2014 10:48:55 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/11/09/lync-2013-import-csuserdata-error/ The scenario is a migration from Lync 2010 to Lync 2013 in a new Active Directory forest and want to migrate users buddy lists. You run DBIMPEXP.EXE on… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/06/20/review-kuando-busylight-uc-for-microsoft-lync/ Fri, 20 Jun 2014 14:51:49 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/06/20/review-kuando-busylight-uc-for-microsoft-lync/ http://busylight.com/ I recently received a Busylight to test from Kuando. Inside the box you receive a Busylight USB device, a sticky pad to attach the… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/02/24/lync-create-certificate-template-with-a-validity-period/ Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:05:20 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/02/24/lync-create-certificate-template-with-a-validity-period/ When you deploy Lync and assign internal certificates to your Lync servers (E.g. Front End, Internal Edge, SBA and Gateways) by default you will only have… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/01/22/lync-2013-standard-edition-pool-pair-failover-script/ Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:23:11 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/01/22/lync-2013-standard-edition-pool-pair-failover-script/ Lync 2013 introduced a new feature called Pool Pairing. Given the scenario below with 2 sites using Lync Standard Edition with paired pools, in the event… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/01/10/lync-tip-quickly-restart-all-lync-services-using-powershell/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 19:20:46 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/01/10/lync-tip-quickly-restart-all-lync-services-using-powershell/ You need to restart all Lync services, open services.msc and see 10+ Lync Server services. Rather than go through each one hitting the stop or restart… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/01/10/lync-bandwidth-requirements-simple-calculator/ Fri, 10 Jan 2014 18:05:37 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2014/01/10/lync-bandwidth-requirements-simple-calculator/ So you need to calculate how much bandwidth Lync will use, you launch google and type "Lync bandwidth requirements". You click the top link for Microsoft… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/10/25/lync-port-query-tool/ Fri, 25 Oct 2013 14:25:04 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/10/25/lync-port-query-tool/ Struggling with Telnet/Microsoft Port Query Tool to test the correct firewall ports are open between Lync servers? I almost started making my own… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/12/lync-change-queue-overflow-number-with-powershell-script/ Fri, 12 Jul 2013 13:56:36 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/12/lync-change-queue-overflow-number-with-powershell-script/ The scenario is you have created a Response Group (IVR) with an option to call an Out Of Hours engineer. You configure a queue overflow to forward… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/11/lync-2013-cdr-report-recharge-call-costs/ Thu, 11 Jul 2013 18:15:25 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/11/lync-2013-cdr-report-recharge-call-costs/ I needed a method to recharge departments call costs from Microsoft Lync and came across the following article by Frederik Lefevre… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/07/lync-2013-automated-backup-script/ Sun, 07 Jul 2013 17:04:56 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/07/lync-2013-automated-backup-script/ This script will backup Lync 2013 core data and settings off all servers in the topology as per Technet article… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/03/lync-response-group-voice-policy/ Wed, 03 Jul 2013 12:54:02 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/07/03/lync-response-group-voice-policy/ I recently deployed an SBA at a branch office and configured an RGS for the Reception. If the receptionist does not answer within a certain time period… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/05/08/lync-2013-high-availability/ Wed, 08 May 2013 22:28:34 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/05/08/lync-2013-high-availability/ When designing your Lync 2013 topology it is easy to overcomplicate the topology with Enterprise Pools in each datacenter. Spanning pools is not supported…