https://chrishayward.co.uk/tags/microsoft-lync/ Recent content in Microsoft Lync on chrishayward.co.uk Hugo en-gb Tue, 22 Dec 2020 12:36:46 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2020/12/16/audiocodes-block-nuisance-inbound-calls/ Wed, 16 Dec 2020 17:00:00 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2020/12/16/audiocodes-block-nuisance-inbound-calls/ This post explains an easy way to block nuisance callers using an AudioCodes SBC. Whilst it's possible to use New-CsInboundBlockedNumberPattern with… 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/2018/07/25/skype-for-business-bulk-set-client-pin/ Wed, 25 Jul 2018 20:42:29 +0100 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2018/07/25/skype-for-business-bulk-set-client-pin/ Note this script is provided as an example only - By default a user can set their own Client Pin via the Dial-In Conferencing page (usually… 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-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/2013/07/12/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… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/04/10/lync-2013-conference-error/ Wed, 10 Apr 2013 10:21:28 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/04/10/lync-2013-conference-error/ After deploying a Lync 2013 pool alongside an existing Lync 2010 deployment, users were unable to join conferences created by users registered on the 2013… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/03/19/lync-2013-enabling-topology-completed-with-errors/ Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:21:14 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/03/19/lync-2013-enabling-topology-completed-with-errors/ I recently started building a Lync 2013 Pilot Pool alongside my Lync 2010 deployment. When publishing the topology I got the following errors: Publishing… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/03/05/script-install-of-lync-2010-client-with-a-cu-and-mui-pack/ Tue, 05 Mar 2013 19:28:53 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2013/03/05/script-install-of-lync-2010-client-with-a-cu-and-mui-pack/ In this post I will cover how to deploy the Lync 2010 client with a CU (Cumulative Update) and MUI (Multilingual User Interface) pack. I used this method… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2012/10/16/hiding-response-groups-from-address-book-lync-server-2010/ Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:52:07 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2012/10/16/hiding-response-groups-from-address-book-lync-server-2010/ In this post I will cover how to hide Response Groups from the Lync Address Book. You can hide users by setting the msExchHideFromAddressLists value to… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2012/05/22/how-to-backup-lync-server-2010/ Tue, 22 May 2012 14:59:14 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2012/05/22/how-to-backup-lync-server-2010/ It is important to backup your Lync environment so that you can restore service in the event of a disaster. The following Microsoft TechNet articles… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/12/02/lync-who-can-federate-tool/ Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:45:38 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/12/02/lync-who-can-federate-tool/ This neat little tool will scan your Outlook contacts and suggested contacts and tell you who you may be able to federate with! Download the tool from… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/11/29/list-lync-users-with-lineuris-to-csv/ Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:03:40 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/11/29/list-lync-users-with-lineuris-to-csv/ Using the Get-CsUser cmdlet you can get information about Lync users in your organization. The below powershell command exports Lync users, sip address… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/04/14/lync-2010-error-cannot-synchronize-address-book/ Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:14:08 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/04/14/lync-2010-error-cannot-synchronize-address-book/ Whilst signed into Microsoft Lync, you may notice an error at the bottom of the client "Cannot synchronize address book". You are also unable to find new… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/03/28/lync-2010-database-move-limited-functionality-is-available-due-to-outage/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:33:15 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/03/28/lync-2010-database-move-limited-functionality-is-available-due-to-outage/ After moving Lync Server 2010 backend databases to a different location on your SQL servers drives you may encounter an error where the Lync client shows… https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/03/28/lync-2010-move-user-1-errors-failed-while-updating-destination-pool/ Mon, 28 Mar 2011 08:28:30 +0000 https://chrishayward.co.uk/2011/03/28/lync-2010-move-user-1-errors-failed-while-updating-destination-pool/ When trying to move a user to a new Lync pool within the Lync Server Control Panel you may receive the error below: 1 Error(s) - Failed while updating…