We have an October update to the Lync client and she looks to be a beauty! Read all about kb2889929 here. This update takes the Lync 2013 Client to 15.0.4659.1000/1001. What’s Fixed? 3001545 Issues occur when a user selects content in a history conversation window in Lync 2013 2996296 Application sharing without audio or video …
This post is obsolete. ‘Profiles’ has been replaced by bounSky! 25th October, 2015: I’m pleased to be able to release an update to “Profiles for Lync”, adding new functionality & squashing some tiny bugs.
ms-diagnostics: 1045;reason="Local edge server pool is out of service";pool-size="2";pool="edgepool.contoso.com";port="5061";source="MyNewSba.contoso.com" I found the above error in a client-side trace after having added a new Branch site (and SBA) to a running Lync 2013 deployment and finding Federation wasn’t working. My users – previously resident on the FE but now homed to this new SBA – were …
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A number of “Important” security updates have hit this week. Here are the download links for you. I’ll build upon this post in the coming days with the usual screen-grabs… Lync 2010 server (to 4.0.7577.276): http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=44080. (This RGS update in this one requires a reboot after installation). BEWARE: The have been multiple reports that …
I love the story of the old engineer called in from retirement to fix something at the factory only to have his $20,000 invoice for 5 minutes’ work questioned by the bean-counters. When asked for a breakdown of the charges he submitted “Chalk mark: $1, knowing where to put it: $19,999”. (Snopes says it’s a …
Twice in two months! How lucky are we? This LPE firmware update (from 4.0.7577.44450 to 4.0.7577.4451) is an interesting one… What’s Fixed? 2988196 The lock feature does not prevent users from making calls on a Lync Phone Edition telephone 2988195 Incoming call from a PSTN number is disconnected when you put the call on hold on …
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The August 2014 Client update’s just landed, with some high-value fixes therein. Read all about kb2881070 here. This update takes the Lync 2013 Client to 15.0.4641.1000.
Updated 16th Aug: This issue is now described in a kb. If you’re starting off a brand new Lync installation it’s common practise to run setup.exe on the DVD to install the Core components, add the admin tools, then run the latest ServerUpdateInstaller to patch this ‘foundation’ before you proceed any further with your Lync …
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The August 2014 (CU5?) update for Lync Server 2013 has landed, and at first glance there’s at least one fix for which I already carry a scar. Applying the update to my SE Front-End refreshed 8 components including a rare update to the Windows Fabric – see the image below. This release takes the Server …
One of my colleagues has been investigating complaints of poor audio quality at a customer’s site this week. Lync’s QoE reports are blaming dropped packets, but the network team says they’re not seeing any packet loss – so what gives? It would seem to be the Intel NIC driver that’s at fault – update the …