Sonus Partial Import Work-Around

New to the Sonus SBC 1000 and SBC 2000 is the ability to perform a Partial Import of another gateway’s configuration. As it says on-screen “Existing Logical Interfaces, Ethernet Ports, VLANs, MST Instances, ACLs, Static Routes, ASM Networking, Link Monitor, NAT, IPsec Tunnels, Node-Level Settings and Certificate configurations won’t be modified. All other configurations will …

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Lync Server 2013 Update – February 2015

This rather juicy update takes Lync Server 2013 from 5.0.8308.866 to 5.0.8308.871 – or 5.0.8308.872 depending upon where you look. What’s Fixed? LOTS!! KB 3037071 Location monitoring report does not show regions and site names in a Lync Server 2013 environment KB 3034784 Lync Server 2013-based client crashes or disconnects from a meeting when an …

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ZCC Lync Call Router config file

If you’re adding a Zeacom Contact Centre to your Lync deployment one component you don’t want to overlook is the “ZCC Lync Call Router”. You run this .msi on your FEs and SBAs and it rigs a safety net under your call centre: if it senses your Zeacom server is offline it will re-route calls …

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Lync 2013 Client Update – February 2015

Our first client update for 2015 isn’t a major one, but *I* benefit from one of the two fixes in it, so naturally I’m excited! This update (kb2920744) takes the Lync 2013 Client to 15.0.4693.1000/1001. What’s Fixed? KB3032399 Update improves users’ ability to select partial instant messages from conversation history windows in Lync 2013 KB3032396 …

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Using Sonus SBC1k/2k AD Lookup to Block Outbound CallerID

The AD lookup feature in the Sonus SBC is an incredibly powerful and often under-utilised feature. I’ve written of it before, and my peer Luca Vitali has posted another example of its usefulness this week. That led to a Twitter conversation and what might yet turn into a bit of a competition to see who …

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