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Live Meeting Service End of Life
If your company is using Office Live Meeting, we have some important reminders for you. We’ve been...
Date: 12/15/2017
Issue Installing Prerequisites on a Server with KB2966828
This has been an issue for awhile now, but not normally something I run into as most of my installs...
Date: 03/06/2017
Issue with CMS Replication in a Hardened Environment
This was an interesting issue I ran into recently at a customer. They were migrating to Skype for...
Date: 03/06/2017
Skype for Business Basic Client & Updates
Starting with the July 5, 2016, update for Skype for Business 2016 (KB3115268), the Skype for...
Date: 07/15/2016
Skype for Business Server Real-Time Statistics Manager 1.1 Available
An update to Skype for Business Server Real-Time Statistics Manager is available. The following...
Date: 04/25/2016
Last Cumulative Update for Lync Server 2010 Available
This will mark the last Cumulative Update for Lync Server 2010 as we are at the end of the 5 year...
Date: 04/19/2016
.NET Framework 4.6.1 and Skype for Business Server 2015/Lync Server 2013
Update 2/13/17 - .NET Framework 4.6.2 is supported with the February 2017 Cumulative Update for...
Date: 02/12/2016
How to Setup Shared Line Appearance in Skype for Business Server 2015
Update 3/6/16 - Updated list of supported Polycom phones. Shared Line Appearance (SLA) is a new...
Date: 11/29/2015
New Skype for Business Server 2015 PowerShell Cmdlets Not Available After Applying November 2015 CU
After applying the Skype for Business Server 2015 November 2015 Cumulative Update, some additional...
Date: 11/28/2015
Issue Installing Skype for Business Server 2015 in a Hardened Environment without Internet Access
During the install for Skype for Business Server 2015, SQL Express fails to install with the...
Date: 11/27/2015
Skype for Business Server Real-Time Statistics Manager
Update 4/20/16 – Added information on upgrading Statistics Manager. A pretty cool new tool is...
Date: 10/24/2015
How to Change the Certificate Store Used for Lync Client Certificates
Update 3/12/18 - Clarified the options for the registry setting (HKLM or HKCU). I've gotten this...
Date: 05/31/2015
Issue Updating WsFedPassiveMetadataUri for Passive Authentication in Lync Server 2013
I had a customer recently where we were setting up passive authentication for Lync Server 2013 and...
Date: 05/11/2015
How to Verify if Skype for Business Server 2015 Database Updates Completed Successfully
Update 7/31/18 - Added database versions for July 2018 Cumulative Update. You can find the Lync...
Date: 05/10/2015
Issue with X-Frame-Options and Lync Server 2013 Simple URLs
I had a customer recently that started getting the following when external users tried to join a...
Date: 05/05/2015
Installing Prerequisites for Skype for Business Server 2015
Update 3/6/17 - Added information about KB2966828. Taken from the Server requirements for Skype for...
Date: 05/04/2015
Skype for Business Server Installer Now Checks for Updates
A new addition in Skype for Business Server is the ability for the installer to check to see if any...
Date: 05/03/2015
Lync Server 2013, Lync Web App & Google Chrome Support Updated
In this post, I discussed the new behavior when using Google Chrome to join a Lync meeting. An...
Date: 01/06/2015
Issue Installing IIS ARR on Windows Server 2012 R2
Update 6/1/16 – Updated download link for ARR 3.0 Stand-alone package. With the update, Web Farm...
Date: 01/05/2015
Lync Server 2013 December 2014 Cumulative Update, Lync Web App & Google Chrome
Update 1/6/15 - Added link to cumulative update that resolves this issue.Update 12/27/14 - Added...
Date: 12/15/2014
Issue with Lync Conversation Window Extension
I had a customer question the other day that I hadn't seen before. The issue was that people...
Date: 12/11/2014
Issue Installing SQL Server 2012 Express Instances on Lync Server 2013
I ran into this issue at a customer recently. The Lync Server 2013 Deployment Wizard would throw an...
Date: 09/09/2014
How to Remove Legacy OCS Dial-in Simple URL from Lync Server
If you've migrated to Lync Server from a previous version of OCS, you may have noticed that you...
Date: 09/02/2014
Issue Installing August 2014 Cumulative Update for Microsoft Lync Server 2013
You may encounter an issue while trying to install the August 2014 Cumulative Update for Microsoft...
Date: 08/19/2014
Issue Adding Users to Persistent Chat Rooms
I had a question from a customer recently that was having issues adding users to Persistent Chat...
Date: 05/15/2014
Issue Completely Disabling Photos in Lync 2013
I had a customer request recently to be able to completely disable photos for some users in Lync...
Date: 05/12/2014
How to Get Office Web Apps Server 2013 to Report a Healthy Health Status
I see this a lot in customer environments with Office Web Apps Server 2013 deployed for use with...
Date: 01/12/2014
How to Enable Detailed Logging in Lync Web App
I was troubleshooting an issue with media connectivity in Lync Web App and needed to gather...
Date: 01/09/2014
How to Get a List of Explicit Chat Room Members and Managers
You can use the query* below to get a list of explicit permissions assigned in Group Chat or...
Date: 01/09/2014
Effects of Changing a User's SIP Address in Lync Server 2013
A question I get a lot when talking with administrators about Lync is how to handle name changes and...
Date: 01/06/2014
Issue with Group Chat 2010 Client Not Displaying Information for Certain Chat Rooms
I ran into an interesting issue onsite with a customer recently. They have Group Chat 2010 deployed...
Date: 11/17/2013
Issue with Office Web Apps Server 2013 Published Externally Using TMG 2010
I was helping a customer setup Lync Server 2013 when we ran into an interesting issue while testing...
Date: 11/10/2013
Issue with Presence Not Updating Based on Free/Busy After Applying September 2013 Cumulative Update - Part 2
With the release of the November 2013 Cumulative Update for the Lync 2013 client free/busy...
Date: 11/10/2013
Issue with Lync Server 2013 Logging Tool After Applying Lync Server 2013 Cumulative Updates
I ran into an interesting issue while I was building out a test environment in my lab. After...
Date: 10/31/2013
How to Publish Lync Server 2013 Web Services with Windows Server 2012 R2 Web Application Proxy
Update 5/12/15 - Added information about disabling translation of URL values in request...
Date: 10/29/2013
Lync Server 2013 Now Supported on Windows Server 2012 R2
With the release of the Updates for Lync Server 2013: October 2013, Lync Server 2013 is now...
Date: 10/25/2013
Change in Lync 2013 Taskbar Icon - Part 2
With the release of the September 2013 Cumulative Update for the Lync 2013 client, the icon used in...
Date: 09/21/2013
Issue with Presence Not Updating Based on Free/Busy After Applying September 2013 Cumulative Update
Update 11/10/13 - This issue has been resolved with the release of the November 2013 Cumulative...
Date: 09/21/2013
SQL Clustering Now Supported in Lync Server 2013
Lync Server 2013 now supports using SQL clustering for the SQL store. From the Database Software...
Date: 08/20/2013
Change in Lync 2013 Taskbar Icon
Update 9/20/13 - With the release of the September 2013 Cumulative Update, the icon has reverted...
Date: 07/10/2013
How to Verify if Lync Server 2013 Database Updates Completed Successfully
Update 7/9/18 - Added database versions for July 2018 Cumulative Update. You can find the Skype for...
Date: 07/02/2013
Importance of Setting the Correct SQL Server Collation
This was a really interesting issue that I ran into at a customer recently. The goal was to install...
Date: 07/02/2013
Sample Lync Server Archiving Report Available
Update 11/26/13 - I have release an updated version of the reports. This version of the reports...
Date: 06/02/2013
Issue with Accessing CMS on Paired Standard Edition Server
Update 5/31/13 - Added information about using "Prepare first Standard Edition server" to add...
Date: 04/28/2013
Archiving Options in Lync Server 2013
Update 7/11/13 - Added "How Do I View Archived Content?" section Lync Server 2013 has made a couple...
Date: 04/24/2013
Issue with Calling Number Translation Rules and E.164 Extensions
I came across this issue while troubleshooting dialing issues at a customer. When a Lync 2013 user...
Date: 04/21/2013
Issue with Automatic Updates Enabled & Office Web Apps Server 2013 Update
Update 4/8/13 - Added information about change to KB2760445 automatically updating. I came across...
Date: 03/29/2013