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OC: Multiparty IM messages generate new window after 10 minute idle period

So I was contacted in IM today by a past colleague (Hey Steve) now doing some consulting and he...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 03/10/2006

MSN and AOL item: New IM Worms Delete Files, Hijack PCs

Please note very carefully that this is an issue for clients that can sign-in to the MSN and AOL...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 03/08/2006

LCS PIC - What to do when AOL, MSN, Yahoo! have problems?

Last week (Feb 20-24) we ran into a few problems with 2 of the three partners - MSN and Yahoo!, I...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 02/25/2006

Pink in honor of Sophia's birthday

I realize it is a technical blog but for a bit of personalization I changed the theme temporarily...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 02/01/2006

LCS: Impact of NetMeeting being retired in Vista (Peer to Peer behavior)

NetMeeting FAQ - Information current as of October 4, 2005 Q: Will NetMeeting ship in Windows Vista?...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 01/31/2006

LCS: Symantec to acquire IMLogic

For those of you in the threat protection arena with IM, this might not be new information, however...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 01/06/2006

LCS/OCS PIC: Provider details and troubleshooting

For those of you that have deployed LCS/OCS and are now working on your PIC (Public Internet...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/30/2005

LCS PIC - unable to add PIC contacts in Office Communicator

Now there are many times we have problems adding contacts so please read this carefully as the...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/28/2005

LCS CWA - Registry values to enable tracing on the CWA server

For all of you that want to gather logs and research yourself or you just really like being prepared...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/28/2005

LCS CWA: Communicator Web Access

Are you aware of Communicator Web Access? Do you have non Windows OS systems without IM today...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/28/2005

LCS PIC: How to determine if you are having a provisioning problem with MSN

The following issue may occur with a customer using the Public Instant Messaging Connectivity (PIC)...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/28/2005

LCS RTC - An official product team blog

In its infancy but it has begun, an official RTC blog with product group involvement....

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/02/2005

LCS tool for web server component

So there is not an official name for the product so I will refer to it as "Budapest" the code name...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 10/25/2005

Office Communicator and Windows Messenger Logging

What I post below comes from my teammate Jason, I have been trying to get him to start blogging with...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 10/14/2005

LCS 2005 SP1 and SQL 2000 SP4 is supported!

Simple post, from the team that gives the authoritative answer on supported vs. not supported - The...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 09/20/2005

LCS - Hardware Load Balancers and time out values

Customers ask questions regarding the configuration of time out values for LCS and their Hardware...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 08/06/2005

A bit of insight into the role of Beta Engineer with LCS "Budapest"

I am currently the Beta Engineer for our Budapest product which is a web browser solution for...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 07/30/2005

LCS 2005 SP1 Public Internet Connectivity (PIC) and Certificates

This really deserves (needs, mandates) a complete posting on Certificate issues but I don't have the...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 07/25/2005

LCS - using the same SQL server for the backend database and Archiving

Many customers want to know about minimizing their hardware usage especially if they are smaller...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 07/06/2005

LCS 2005 User Replicator FAQ

I am happy to provide the following information straight from one of our LCS Development Leads....

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 05/10/2005

LCS 2005 User Replicator FAQ

FAQ: 1. What does User Replicator do? User Replicator is responsible for ensuring that the LCS 2005...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 05/09/2005

LCS 2005 - Reasons why NLB is not recommended but instead a Hardware Load Balancer

LCS 2005 – Why no NLBs? There are a couple of reasons why we are recommending a 3rd party LB for...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 05/03/2005

LCS - Mobile device client announcement

Have a mobile device and want Instant Messaging to your corporate Live Communications Server?...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 05/02/2005

LCS - Windows Messenger port information for IM, File Transfer, Audio and Video

This post is about the ports in use for Windows Messenger and Live Communications Server. VERY...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 04/29/2005

Creating a new SQL instance for LCS 2005 Archiving

I have not documented every single screen step, any step I do not explicitly called out, use the...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 04/27/2005

Certificate handling differences with Windows Messenger 5.0 vs. 5.1

UPDATE <4/06/2005> Thanks Randy! The customer having this issue followed up and identified the...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 03/25/2005

Windows Messenger Autoconfiguration with LCS and domain names SRV queries

Interesting customer issue reported in that they could connect using TLS when providing the FQDN but...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 03/08/2005

LCS haitus (sort of) February 7 - April 7

Update: I am focusing on our upcoming release of Istanbul and the telephony integration....

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 02/07/2005

LCS 2003 and Windows Messenger failing when set for Automatic Configuration with single label domain names

A quick modification to this post is that the analysis is accurate and this is current behavior....

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/29/2004

LCS 2005 SE backup and restore WMI error and event 30961

First reported by Fairfax county the backup and restore procedure in the LCS 2005 Deploy SE document...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/22/2004

LCS 2003: Windows Messenger on XP clients signed out overnight using Kerberos

There is a known issue with LCS 2003 and Windows Messenger being signed out overnight. The root...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/21/2004

Using Tabs to convert Windows Messenger 5.0 into an email client (and other things)

A really cool feature with Windows Messenger is the ability to customize it via Branding. Graham...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/02/2004

LCS Sending Alerts

A common question we recieve is around Alerts (also IM to groups which will be a separate post)...

Author: Tom Laciano Date: 12/01/2004

LCS Presence - Aggregate behavior vs Exchange IM

This is an issue one of my team mates Kevin shared with me about the new Aggregate Presence behavior...