PIC Me! PIC Me!

A blog by Terry Lyons. I support Unified Communication technologies at Microsoft.

My Windows Home Server 2011 Backups Failed But I Fixed It (With Some Help)

I run Windows Home Server (WHS) 2011 and use it to do nightly backups of the family computers. ...

Date: 05/15/2013

Client Version Filtering for OCS 2007 R2 EE

  I recently worked on a case with a customer who needed assistance in configuring the Client...

Date: 07/14/2011

Troubleshooting Communicator 2007 R2 Delegation Issues

Introduction Microsoft has added the ability to enhance the Manager/Delegate experience used in...

Date: 07/05/2011

RESOLVED - Lync/OCS to Windows Live Messenger Public IM Connectivity (PIC) Service Outage

MSN PIC connectivity has been restored. Users may need to sign out and back into their client before...

Date: 02/21/2011

Lync/OCS to Windows Live Messenger Public IM Connectivity (PIC) Service Outage

Microsoft Customer Service and Support, Lync/OCS and Windows Live Messenger teams are currently...

Date: 02/21/2011

Looking for some UC Blog Coolness?

Check out the NextHop UC Blog Roll at https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/ocs/ee410018.aspx....

Date: 03/24/2010

FINAL REMINDER: Additional Windows Live Messenger PIC/Federation IP Address

This is the one week reminder that the scheduled additional IP Address is on track for...

Date: 03/19/2010

REMINDER: Additional Windows Live Messenger PIC/Federation IP Address

This is the four week reminder that the scheduled additional IP Address is on track for...

Date: 02/26/2010

POSTPONED: Additional Windows Live Messenger PIC/Federation IP Address

Reference my original blog on an Additional Windows Live Messenger PIC/Federation IP Address...

Date: 02/11/2010

Testing Certificate Trust Between Two Windows Machines

Here are some easy steps that can be used to verify if two Windows machines trust the issuing...

Date: 01/27/2010

Additional Windows Live Messenger PIC/Federation IP Address

Notification In an effort to provide enhanced capacity and service reliance, Windows Live Messenger...

Date: 01/19/2010