Lync Phone Edition Update – April 2013

It seems the addition of MOH to the OCPE / Lync Phone Edition over the Christmas break wasn’t entirely bug-free… kb2829272 “Music on hold” feature doesn’t work for Lync Phone Edition for an Aries telephone when an audio file is configured This update takes Phone Edition to 4.0.7577.4387: Polycom CX500, 600 and CX3000 Aastra 6721 …

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Lync 2010 Client Update – 9 April 2013

Microsoft’s released a couple of client updates recently. Client There’s a new client release: 4.0.7577.4384 x86 x64 2832123 You cannot start Lync 2010 after you install the March 2013 cumulative update for Lync 2010 in Windows XP Pro or Windows Server 2003 Attendee “This cumulative update improves the reliability, stability, and performance of the Lync …

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UM Integration Fails with “Insufficient Privileges” Error

I recently added a new SBA to an existing Lync 2010/2013 (hybrid) deployment and found the usually routine process of adding the new SBA/Gateway to UM failed. The integration script ExchUCUtil.ps1 reported the following error, sending me on a wild goose chase. Pool: <SBA-FQDN> A UMIPGateway doesn’t exist in Active Directory for the Office Communications …

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Lync Common Area Phones Won’t Automatically Login

I’ve encountered this one twice now, so I figure it’s worthy of a post. Scenario: Your new Lync deployment looks good DhcpUtil.exe –EmulateClient works like a charm, reporting SUCCESS You plug a new Common Area phone in and jump through the config settings on screen. It logs in OK Choose either : You move it …

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Lync PowerShell Snippets

Here’s an ad-hoc post with a collection of snippets of PowerShell I often seem to find myself needing to refer to. There are some more good ones here from Paul Bloem, over the pond. How do I find (and/or count) the users homed to a given FE/pool? Get-CsUser | Where-Object {$_.RegistrarPool -match “<POOL FQDN>”} | …

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Review: Polycom SoundStation Connect

Alas, Polycom has advised that the SoundStation Connect has been pulled. I’ve left the review here to show what might have been… – Sept 2013. “Crystal-clear audio conferencing for your computer” I recently found myself in possession of a Beta version of the new Polycom SoundStation Connect and an opportunity to put it through its paces. …

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Lync 2013 CU1–February 2013

It’s here! There’s a CU1 for Lync 2013 already!! Released separately, the client updates (two of them) were released on Feb 11th, with the server side arriving on the 26th. Client Updates The client updates are detailed here, and this package includes a handful of feature enhancements, as well as the expected bugfixes. One such …

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Federating Skype and Lync

One of the highlights of the Lync Conference in San Diego (Feb 2013) was the demonstration and revelation of much of the workings of the long-awaited Lync Federation with Skype. Here’s a bullet-point summary of what I took from the sessions: Federation will require an update to the Skype client (to v6.x – release TBD). …

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