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How to get SEFAutil running?

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(Feb 27, 2013 - The Lync 2013 ResKit, which includes a new version of SefaUtil, is available here https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36821)

(Updated with pointer to UCMA 3.0 documentation and also only describing using SEFAutil on a dedicated server. We recommend installing trusted applications on dedicated servers. However using Lync Server Management Shell cmdlets you can configure CsTrustedApplicationPool on a server already running EE/SE or Director)

 

SEFAUtil (secondary extension feature activation)enables Lync Server 2010 administrators and helpdesk agents to configure delegate-ringing and call-forwarding settings on behalf of a Lync Server user. This tool also allows administrators to query the call-routing settings that are published for a particular user. SEFAutil is a utility part of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools. It is a UCMA 3.0 application and in order for it to work you need to configure a trusted application. For more information about this look here.

The trusted application pool is related to a registrar and you need to find the SiteId of the site in which the registrar is located. You can use the PS cmdlet Get-CsSite to find the SiteId. In my case the site is called Søborg, so the cmdlet I used is the following:

  • $Site=Get-CsSite –Identity Søborg

You then need to create the trusted application pool. In my lab it is running on a dedicated server (jenstr31.inframss.dk) and the registrar is cs1.inframss.dk. The PS cmdlet to create the trusted application pool is:

  • New-CsTrustedApplicationPool –id jenstr31.inframss.dk –Registrar cs1.inframss.dk -site $Site.SiteId

After having create the trusted application pool you then need to create a trusted application representing SEFAutil. The PS cmdlet to do this is:

  • New-CsTrustedApplication –ApplicationId sefautil –TrustedApplicationPoolFqdn jenstr31.inframss.dk –Port 7489

The ApplicationId needs to be sefautil, but the Port number can be whatever number you would like. After having added the trusted application pool and trusted application you need to enable the topology by issuing the PS cmdlet Enable-CsTopology.

When you run SEFAutil on a dedicated server you then need to install Lync Server 2010 on the server. The setup steps you need to perform are the following:

  • Install or Update Lync Server System
  • Install Local Configuration Store
  • Request, Install or Assign Certificates
  • Start Services

Now the infrastructure is ready and you can continue with installing the Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools. When it is installed start a command prompt and run SEFAutil. The Word document describing the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Resource Kit Tools has a good description on how to run SEFAutil.

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  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Again you saved the day :) Thanks.

  • Anonymous
    January 01, 2003
    Jens - a note that the Enable-CsTopology command in your article above has a typo. Jens>Thanks Pat!, I've fixed it.

  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2010
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  • Anonymous
    December 07, 2010
    This is great information. really useful. I eagerly wait for your blogs to come out, very good information which we will never have in documents Thanks,

  • Anonymous
    December 19, 2010
    Wilfried, Jens, could You, please, clarify, what you have done to make sefautil work on SE Front End Server? Jens: I used the PowerShell cmdlets in the post and referenced the SE server instead of my dedicated server.

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2011
    Beware the bug in the examples in the Reskit Doco: If you issue the command to change a user's settings as "sip:katarina@contoso.com" the command WON'T make any change to the user's account. Re-issue the command as just "katarina@contoso.com" and you'll be fine. Sadly SEFAUtil doesn't report an error, just fails to make the change. The syntax as described in SEFAUtil.exe /? is correct.

  • G.

  • Anonymous
    February 20, 2011
    Is there a way to set simultaneous ring using SEFAUtil to a telephone number instead of a delegate? Please specify the syntax too. Thanks :-) Jens: No, unfortunately it is not possible to set that setting via SEFAutil.

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2011
    Ouch!!! That hurts :-(

  • Anonymous
    June 17, 2011
    Jens, great blog post thank you!

  • Anonymous
    August 01, 2011
    FYI, if you are doing this on a Lync Enterprise Edition Pool, the -Identity of the ApplicationPool should be the lync pool FQDN, not the server FQDN. Figured I'd pass that bit of info along!

  • Anonymous
    January 06, 2013
    Hi Jens, Could you please let us know if there will be a new SEFAutil for Lync 2013 or the one for Lync 2010 can also work with Lync 2013? Thank you! Jens>Hi Peter, there will be a new version available with the Lync 2013 ResKit, when it ships. Don't know when that is :-)

  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2013
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  • Anonymous
    January 28, 2013
    Forwarding to a number rather than a delegate is possible with SEFAutil.  From the documentation: SEFAUtil.exe /server:lyncserver.contoso.com sip:katarina@contoso.com /enablefwdnoanswer /callanswerwaittime:30 /setfwddestination:+14255550126@contoso.com;user=phone The magic is the suffix appended to the E.164 telephone number. Ben

  • Anonymous
    February 21, 2013
    Hello, can i run sefautil on a SBA too? Jens>Yes, that is possible.

  • Anonymous
    February 26, 2013
    should the 2010 version work on a 2013 server ? i have it installed without error but it crashes everytime I run a command Jens>No, I wouldn't expect that to work. Use the Lync 2010 version on a 2010 server.

  • Anonymous
    June 03, 2013
    Hi Jens, great blog! I'm trying to use SEFAUtil to a 2010 server. Do I install in the new 2013 Tool Kit or use the 2010 Tool Kit? Thanks! Jens>Hi. I would use 2010 to 2010 and 2013 to 2013.

  • Anonymous
    January 21, 2014
    Hi Jens. I have been using seautil on several occations in Lync 2010 end Lync 2013.But I have noticed a change in Lync 2013. When a user was offline in lync 2010 the callforwardnoanswer would still wait the time specified in /callanswerwaittime before forwarding the call.But in Lync 2013 when the user is offline the call is transferred immediately. The waittime is ignored. Have you tested this or have a good explanation for this? Bug or feature?Looking forward to your sessions in LyncConf 2014 :)Jens>Thanks & Sorry, no explanation :-)

  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2014
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  • Anonymous
    March 30, 2014
    Problem Description
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  • Anonymous
    July 07, 2014
    Lately I have seen some confusion around delegates between Exchange and Lync that I wanted to help clear

  • Anonymous
    November 14, 2014
    I wrote this blog when my customer asked me to handle the following issue.
    UserA had made UserB a

  • Anonymous
    May 28, 2015
    Hi,

    Is it possible to get the list of users who have enabled call forwarding in particular pool, by using SEFAutil Jens>No, unfortunately that is not possible.