Should you happen to stumble across a Yealink phone on eBay and decide to rebirth it as a new Skype for Business device you’re likely to receive an unexpected surprise after you load the Lync/SfB firmware – it needs a licence: Contact your local Yealink distributor (that’s Alloy Computer Products here in Australia) and try …
This is one for those of you like me who get a little forgetful, or maybe belong to a larger team and sometimes trip each other up. If you upgrade a Yealink phone’s firmware using its WebUI and it immediately downgrades itself again, just check someone’s not previously loaded and Approved a firmware version in …
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Out of the box it can be a bit confusing to tell if your Yealink phone is running the generic SIP firmware or the special Lync/SfB build – and yes, unlike the competitor, they’re different. It can be a little harder if you’re trying to do this remotely and can’t see the phone’s screen. Here …
Skype for Business – like so much else these days – relies on PKI certificates, and the community has risen to the opportunity with some great tools to help us manage them. Here are two in my “essentials” kit: Check out the “Lync Certificates Report“: If you’ve not found it already, Guy Bachar & Yoav …
This week’s security update also affects the Office 2016-based Lync/SfB client: Kb3114960 “MS16-039: Description of the security update for Skype for Business 2016: April 12, 2016 This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Skype for Business 2016 that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted document or visits a webpage that …
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This week’s security update takes the Office 2013-based Lync/SfB client from 15.0.4805.1000 to 15.0.4809.1000. Kb3114944 “MS16-039: Description of the security update for Lync 2013 (Skype for Business): April 12, 2016. This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Lync 2013 and Skype for Business. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a …
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An April update to the Lync 2013 server has landed, taking the server from 5.0.8308.945 to 5.0.8308.949. Five components are patched, however as at this date (April 16th) the Kb article – or at least the version dished by Microsoft’s CDN to me in Sydney – hasn’t been updated with the content, and one of …
It turns out that my last review of external presence indicators (generically “Busylights”) was over three years ago, so with the arrival of the Kuando Busylight “Omega” recently I thought I should see what’s changed in both camps. Bart’s here for scale modelling the Kuando models, with the Omega on the left sitting next to …
I recently went looking for a script that would compare two “identical” certificates for me and highlight the differences between them. I drew a blank. It might be out there, but I missed it – so I wrote my own. “Compare-PkiCertificates.ps1” takes the thumbprints of two certificates you expect to be similar or identical, and …
This update – our first for the year – takes the server from 6.0.9319.102 to 6.0.9319.235. Is this officially CU2? Let’s go with it and see what happens. (Update: Yes, it is “CU2”). What’s Fixed? Kb3095143 Windows 10 users who use Edge can’t join a meeting from Skype for Business Web App Kb3141123 Event ID …